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》。
《楓橋夜泊 和唐人韻兩首·其二》 敬安
白露橫江水接天,秋懷黯黯不成眠。
一身漂泊三千里,獨宿蘆花月滿船。
Moored at Maple Bridge
Ching An
Frost white across the river
waters reaching toward the sky.
All I'd hoped for's lost
in Autumn's darkening.
I cannot sleep, a man
adrift, a thousand miles
alone, among the reed flowers;
but the moonlight fills the boat.