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(dāng)選為中華佛教總會會長,時湖南等地發(fā)生寺產(chǎn)糾紛,應(yīng)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》。
《重過楊家橋二首·其二》 敬安
照水朱顏半已凋,春風(fēng)依舊柳千條。
棲鴉數(shù)點斜陽里,不忍題詩過此橋。
Crossing the Yang-chia Bridge Once More
Ching An
The face reflected in the stream's
lost half its youthful color.
Spring wind
is as it was before,
so too, the thousand willow boughs.
Crows perch to punctuate
the lines of slanting sunset.
It's hard to write
as I pass this place once more.