寒山（生卒年不详），字、号均不详，唐代长安（今陕西西安）人。出身于官宦人家，多次投考不第，后出家，三十岁后隐居于浙东天台山，享年一百多岁。严振非《寒山子身世考》中更以《北史》、《隋书》等大量史料与寒山诗相印证，指出寒山乃为隋皇室后裔杨瓒之子杨温，因遭皇室内的妒忌与排挤及佛教思想影响而遁入空门，隐于天台山寒岩，自号寒山。

《昨见河边树》 寒山

昨见河边树，摧残不可论。
二三余蕊卉，千万斧刀痕。
霜凋萎疏叶，波冲枯朽根。
生处当如此，何用怨乾坤。

I Request a Bowl of Wine
Han Shan

I Request a Bowl of Wine, and Sullenly One Compiles
I passed a grove on the bank of a stream.
Wagoners had slashed the boughs with long knives;
Frost had blackened the leaves,
And the constant water had wasted the roots.
Thus it must be for live things anywhere.
What would a bitter eyed do, cast
At God, thrust pointedly at Nature?