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》。
《歸云》 敬安
煙樹蒼茫疊翠薇,道人長掩竹中扉。
白云也識山居味,不待鳴鐘已早歸。
Returning Clouds
Ching An
Misty trees hide in crinkled hills' blue green.
The man of the Way's stayed long
at this cottage in the bamboo grove.
White clouds too know the flavor
of this mountain life;
they haven't waited for the Vesper Bell
to come on home again.