釋敬安(1851-1912)近代愛國詩僧。俗名黃讀山,字福馀,法名敬安,字寄禪,湖南湘潭縣雁坪鄉(xiāng)銀湖塘人。少以孤貧出家,致力詩文,得王闿運指授,才思日進,入“碧湘詩社”。自號八指頭陀,曾任浙江天童寺方丈。辛亥革命后,當選為中華佛教總會會長,時湖南等地發(fā)生寺產(chǎn)糾紛,應眾邀入京請愿,到京未達目的,即卒于法源寺。生平頗有詩名,歿后楊度為刻《八指頭陀詩文集》。
《夜坐》 敬安
幽人夜不眠,愛此碧虛月。
涼風一颯然,吹動梧桐葉。
Night Sitting
Ching An
The hermit doesn't sleep at night:
in love with the blue of the vacant moon.
The cool of the breeze
that rustles the trees
rustles him too.