釋敬安(1851-1912)近代愛(ài)國(guó)詩(shī)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(shī)文,得王闿運(yùn)指授,才思日進(jìn),入“碧湘詩(shī)社”。自號(hào)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(huì)會(huì)長(zhǎng),時(shí)湖南等地發(fā)生寺產(chǎn)糾紛,應(yīng)眾邀入京請(qǐng)?jiān)?,到京未達(dá)目的,即卒于法源寺。生平頗有詩(shī)名,歿后楊度為刻《八指頭陀詩(shī)文集》。
《夜坐》 敬安
幽人夜不眠,愛(ài)此碧虛月。
涼風(fēng)一颯然,吹動(dòng)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.