Huang Gai (onyomi: Kō Gai) is a Wu general who is posthumously heralded as one of the Five Elders of Wu. He served three generations of the Sun family, starting with Sun Jian. He devised the plan to burn Cao Cao's fleet at Chibi and was saved by Han Dang during its execution. Romance of the Three Kingdoms has Huang Gai pivotal to the fire attack's success but not its inventor.