釋函可(1611-1659),字祖心,號剩人,俗姓韓,名宗騋,廣東博羅人。他是明代最后一位禮部尚書韓日纘的長子。明清之際著名詩僧。函可極高的詩文和品行使他獲得了百姓極大的崇敬。每當他講法時,聽者總是如云,無論是兇暴之徒,還是愚鈍之輩都愿意聆聽他的教誨,至于來請他排憂解難的更是絡繹不絕。除了在慈恩寺外,他還相繼在普濟寺、金塔寺等七座古剎作過道場。后來,他被奉為遼沈地區(qū)佛教開山之祖,這在慈恩寺和千山都曾留有碑記。
釋函可·《月》
我同明月來,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.