One passage of the Analects shows Zilu, Zeng Xi, Ran You and Gongxi Hua sitting with Confucius, who asks each of them to name his ambition.
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That passage, in Book 11 of the 论语, is a standard high-school text. Three disciples talk of governing states; 曾皙 only wants to bathe in the 沂 River in late spring and come home singing, and 孔子 sighs that he agrees with him.
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Classical only: 侍 "to wait on" + 坐 "to sit". Modern Chinese would say 陪坐 (to keep someone company).
