释敬安(1851-1912)近代爱国诗僧。俗名黄读山,字福馀,法名敬安,字寄禅,湖南湘潭县雁坪乡银湖塘人。少以孤贫出家,致力诗文,得王闿运指授,才思日进,入“碧湘诗社”。自号八指头陀,曾任浙江天童寺方丈。辛亥革命后,当选为中华佛教总会会长,时湖南等地发生寺产纠纷,应众邀入京请愿,到京未达目的,即卒于法源寺。生平颇有诗名,殁后杨度为刻《八指头陀诗文集》。
《枫桥夜泊 和唐人韵两首·其二》 敬安
白露横江水接天,秋怀黯黯不成眠。
一身漂泊三千里,独宿芦花月满船。
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.