The Buddhist monk arranged a boxing match between the boy and an experienced boxer.

禅师安排这个男孩和一位经验丰富的拳师进行拳击比赛。

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So the father decided to call on a Buddhist monk to train his boy.

于是，父亲决定去拜访一位禅师，请他训练儿子。

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Generally when a Dai boy is eight or nine years old, he will be sent to a temple as a monk for a period.

在傣族居住的乡村里，还建有许多佛寺，一般男孩子长到八九岁时，都要到佛寺里当一段时间的小和尚。

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The boy inhabited this place like a reincarnate monk, a sprite flitting between the fallen arches, beneath the vanished porticoes.

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