釋函可(1611-1659),字祖心,號(hào)剩人,俗姓韓,名宗騋,廣東博羅人。他是明代最后一位禮部尚書(shū)韓日纘的長(zhǎng)子。明清之際著名詩(shī)僧。函可極高的詩(shī)文和品行使他獲得了百姓極大的崇敬。每當(dāng)他講法時(shí),聽(tīng)者總是如云,無(wú)論是兇暴之徒,還是愚鈍之輩都愿意聆聽(tīng)他的教誨,至于來(lái)請(qǐng)他排憂(yōu)解難的更是絡(luò)繹不絕。除了在慈恩寺外,他還相繼在普濟(jì)寺、金塔寺等七座古剎作過(guò)道場(chǎng)。后來(lái),他被奉為遼沈地區(qū)佛教開(kāi)山之祖,這在慈恩寺和千山都曾留有碑記。
釋函可·《月》
我同明月來(lái),一路照秋草。
月到朔庭荒,人到朔庭老。
The Moon
Buddhist Monk Hanke
A brightthis place;
It shone upo moon accompanied me to
n autumn grasses all the way.
Now having got to the north, the moon is worn out and weary;
And I have become old and weak.