Xiahou.
It's a beautiful word to say, with a beautiful meaning. Apart from the specific application to his cousins, the name would still be beautiful, Cao Cao muses. The name Xiahou is a compound surname from the Spring and Autumn Period. Its meaning is Summer Marquis. The flowers that represent summer are the lotus and the peony. These evoke his cousin Dun with almost startling completeness: the lotus for purity and the peony for royalty and virtue. They rest together under a peach tree on the bank of a river. Cao Cao sits against the trunk of the tree, deep into the shade. Dun's head rests in his lap. His cousin lies peacefully on his back, his eye closed against the sun. Dappled light falls on Dun's face. Cao Cao thinks he is beautiful.