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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Three months later, the boy's father returned. The Buddhist monk arranged a boxing match between the boy and an experienced boxer.

三个月过去了，父亲来到禅师的住处，禅师安排了这个男孩和一个经验丰富的拳击选手进行了一次拳击比赛。

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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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