钱伟长出生在江苏无锡一个乡村教育世家,家境清贫。其祖父是晚清秀才,父亲、叔父都是中华文化博学笃厚的人。少年时的钱伟长喜欢读书,父亲、叔父到哪里教书,他就跟随到哪里听课。很小的时候,国学大师、四叔钱穆就教他语文。在苏州中学任教的吕叔湘教他学习历史。我国近代著名地理学家、教育家唐文治先生在无锡县中学旁边利用旧房开办了国学专修科,幼小的钱伟长也跑去学习。当时社会动荡,中小学不很正规,所以钱伟 Qian Wei was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu, a village education family, poor family. His grandfather is a late Qing scholar, father, uncle are Chinese culture and learned Benedict. When he was a teenager, Qian likes reading, where his father and uncle are teaching, he follows wherever he goes. Very young, master of Chinese studies, uncle Mu Qian teach him language. Lu Shuxiang, who teaches in Suzhou High School, taught him history. Mr.Weng Wenzhi, a famous modern geographer and educator in modern China, started his studies in Guoxue with his old houses next to Wuxi Middle School. The young Qian Weichang also went to study. At that time, social unrest, primary and secondary schools are not very formal, so Qian Wei