自吳越錢王（錢鏐）開始，錢家歷朝歷代皆有俊傑，許多狀元，進士無數。日本學者池澤滋子曾對錢鏐家族文人群體的形成和成就做過深入研究。乾隆進士錢大昕被陳寅恪推為「清代史家第一人」。更令人驚奇的，是近代錢家的人才大量浮現。除了已編成繞口令的「一諾獎、二外交家、三科學家、四國學大師、五全國政協副主席；十八兩院院士」，還出現了許多傑出的父子檔人物，如錢基博、錢鐘書父子，錢玄同、錢三強父子，錢穆、錢遜父子......還有杭州錢家錢學榘的兒子：2008年10月8日榮獲諾貝爾化學獎的美籍華裔科學家錢永健......，錢氏家族人才大量浮現，背後謎底是什麼？謎底就在《錢氏家訓》。

Since the period of King Qian, in all dynasties, there are many outstanding talents in Qian Family: many Number One Scholars and innumerable Jinshies. Ikezawa Shigeko, a Japanese scholar, made a deep study on the formation of literator group and their achievements in the family of Qian Miu. Chen Yingke called Qian Daxin, a Jinshi of Qianlong period, as the "The first historian of Qing Dynasty". The most amazingly, there is a talents blowout of Qian Family. There is a tongue twister: one Nobel prize, two diplomats, three scientists, four masters of Chinese culture, five vice-chairmen of the CPPCC, eighteen academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering. In addition, there are many outstanding father-and-son persons, such as Qian Jibo and Qian Zhongshu, Qian Xuantong and Qian Sanqiang, Qian Mu and Qian Xun..., as well as Qian Yongjian, a Chinese-born American scientist and the son of Qian Xuejv from Qian Family in Hangzhou, who won the Nobel Prize for chemistry on Oct.8, 2008......what is the secret behind the blowout in talents of Qian Family? Please read Qian Family Instructions.

Here is the Chinese scripts of Qian Family Instructions:
個人
心術不可得罪於天地，言行皆當無愧於聖賢
曾子之三省勿忘。程子之四箴宜佩
持躬不可不謹嚴。臨財不可不廉介
處事不可不決斷。存心不可不寬厚
盡前行者地步窄，向後看者眼界寬
花繁柳密處撥得開，方見手段
風狂雨驟時立得定，才是腳跟
能改過則天地不怒，能安分則鬼神無權
讀經傳則根柢深，看史鑒則議論偉
能文章則稱述多，蓄道德則福報厚

家庭
欲造優美之家庭，須立良好之規則
內外門閭整潔，尊卑次序謹嚴
父母伯叔孝敬歡愉
妯娌弟兄和睦友愛
祖宗雖遠，祭祀宜誠
子孫雖愚，詩書須讀
娶媳求淑女，勿計妝奩
嫁女擇佳婿，勿慕富貴
家富提攜宗族，置義塾與公田
歲饑賑濟親朋，籌仁漿與義粟
勤儉為本，自必豐亨
忠厚傳家，乃能長久

社會
信交朋友，惠普鄉鄰
卹寡矜孤，敬老懷幼
救災周急，排難解紛
修橋路以利從行，造河船以濟眾渡
興啟蒙之義塾，設積穀之社倉
私見盡要剷除，公益概行提倡
不見利而起謀，不見才而生嫉
小人固當遠，斷不可顯為仇敵
君子固當親，亦不可曲為附和

國家
執法如山，守身如玉，愛民如子，去蠹如仇
嚴以馭役，寬以恤民
官肯著意一分，民受十分之惠
上能吃苦一點，民沾萬點之恩
利在一身勿謀也，利在天下者必謀之
利在一時固謀也，利在萬世者更謀之
大智興邦，不過集眾思
大愚誤國，只為好自用
聰明睿智，守之以愚
功被天下，守之以讓
勇力振世，守之以怯
富有四海，守之以謙
廟堂之上，以養正氣為先
海宇之內，以養元氣為本
務本節用則國富；進賢使能則國強
興學育才則國盛；交鄰有道則國安