Northern-Sòng official of the Bīngbù yuánwài láng 兵部員外郎 office. According to 沈括 Shěn Kuò’s Mèngxī bǐtán 夢溪筆談, Qín Jiè requested instruction in the xiāntiān 先天 Yì-numerology from 邵雍 Shào Yōng but was refused — paired in this rebuff with 鄭夬 Zhèng Guài (whose subsequent theft of 王天悅 Wáng Tiānyuè’s manuscript is the central narrative of 邵伯溫 Shào Bówēn’s Yìxué biànhuò (KR1a0017)).