钱其琛,1928年1月生于天津(2017年5月9日逝世),出自清代学者钱大昕弟弟钱大昭一支,他是钱大昭的六世孙。上世纪20世纪初,父亲钱阶因为通晓电气机械知识和英语,被李鸿章创办的天津电报局录用,成为一名工程师。钱阶的薪资很高,仅次于当时的外国雇员,生活相对优裕。次子钱其琛的出生,给这个原本温馨的家庭更添了几分欢乐。在此之前,他已有了一个儿子钱其 Qian Qichen, born in January 1928 in Tianjin (died on May 9, 2017), was born in Qian Dazhao, a younger brother of Qian Daxin, a scholar of the Qing Dynasty who was the 6th grandson of Qian Dazhao. At the beginning of the 20th century, his father’s money class was employed by the Tianjin Telegraph Office founded by Li Hongzhang as an engineer because of his knowledge of electrical machinery and English. The wages of the money rank are very high, second only to the foreign employees of the time, and have a relatively prosperous life. The birth of his second son, Qian Qichen, added some joy to the original warm family. Before that, he had a son who had money