瞿秋自生于江苏常州一个仕宦书香之家。幼年乖巧聪明,母亲非常喜爱。他在四、五岁时,母亲就口授其易于背诵的诗词。有一次,教他吟唱“昨天入城市,归来泪满巾,遍身罗绮者,不是养蚕人”时,母亲问他:“从城市回来,为什么泪满巾?”秋白回答说:“养蚕的人穿不着绸,不养蚕的人满身绸,他能不哭吗！”母亲听了秋白的回答,非常高兴,亲切地 Qu Qiu was born in Changzhou, Jiangsu, a official home of incense. Child smart, mother very much. At the age of four or five, the mother dictates the poems that he is easy to recite. Once, he was taught to chant “Yesterday into the city, the return of tears full towel, all over Luo Qi who is not sericulture”, the mother asked him: “From the city, why tears full towel?” Autumn White replied: Sericulture people can not wear silk, sericulture covered with silk, he can not cry it! "My mother heard the autumn white reply, very happy, kindly