Lo lus "anthology" yog ntawm Greek keeb kwm qub thiab txhais tau tias "paj vaj" lossis "pob paj ntawm paj". Txawm li cas los xij, nws yog siv rau feem ntau hauv cov lus piv rau lub siab.
Anthologies ntawm Ancient thiab Medieval Era
Lo lus "anthology" yog hais txog kev sau ntawm cov ntawv sau me me - dab neeg, paj huam, sau ntawv, tsim los ntawm cov kws sau sib txawv. Raws li txoj cai, thaum sau cov ntawv sau xws li kev sau cov ntawv sau cia, kev ua haujlwm yog ua ke los ntawm ib hom ntawv nyeem lossis ntsiab lus.
Khaws cov ntaub ntawv hais txog cov anthologies sau los ntawm cov neeg nyob hauv tim Nkij teb chaws thaum ub. Piv txwv li, ntau cov ntawv sau tau hais txog kev sib sau ntawm aphorisms thiab epigraphs uas tau tsim los ntawm Meleager los ntawm Godara, Philip los ntawm Thexalonica, Straton los ntawm Sardis, Diogenian los ntawm Heraclea. Nws tseem paub tias cov ntawv sib sau zoo sib xws tau tsim los ntawm qee tus kws sau ntawv Roman thaum ub. Hmoov tsis zoo, cov haujlwm no tseem tsis tau muaj txoj sia nyob hauv qhov tseem tseem los rau niaj hnub no.
Qhov qub tshaj plaws ntawm anthologies, uas tau muaj sia nyob rau tam sim no, hnub rov qab mus rau lub xyoo pua 10. Nws hu ua Palatine Anthology. Cov lus qhia txog tus neeg no tau suav sau los ntawm Constantin Kefala. Thaum ua haujlwm ntawm cov khoom sau cia no, Kefala tau siv ua haujlwm ntawm nws cov neeg ua ntej. Tom qab, cov lus qhuab qhia ntawm Kefala tau rov sau dua ntau lub sijhawm. Thiab Constantinople tus xibfwb Maxim Plound hauv XIV lub xyoo pua xaiv ib feem ntawm kev ua haujlwm ntawm nws, ntxiv nws nrog ntau tus lej lossis ntau zaj paj huam, tom qab ntawd nws tau luam tawm nws nyob rau hauv kev coj ntawm nws tus kheej anthology.
Thaum xaus ntawm lub xyoo pua 16, Joseph Scaliger luam tawm cov ntawv sau ua Antutology Catalecta veterum poetarum, suav nrog kev tawm ntawm cov lus Roman thaum ub. Tom qab ntawd Pierre Pitu luam tawm ob zaug ntxiv sau cov ntawv sau cia. Cov phau ntawv tom qab no tau rov luam dua ntau zaus.
Cov neeg Eastern kuj tseem muaj ntau cov piv txwv ntawm cov ntaub ntawv zoo li no. Piv txwv li, npe nrov suav sage thiab tus kws tshawb fawb Confucius muaj kev ntseeg siab nrog kev sau ntawv ntawm Shih Jing anthology. Cov kev cai ntawm kev suav sau cov kev suav sau no yog tus cwj pwm ntawm Arabs. Tom qab lawv cov yeej ntawm Persia, cov kws sau ntawv Persian kuj tau coj tus cwj pwm no, tsim ntau cov paj huam sau. Thiab twb tau los ntawm cov neeg Persians, nws tau saws los ntawm ntau cov neeg nyob sib ze, suav nrog Ottoman Turks thiab Hindus.
Dab tsi yog anthologies niaj hnub
Tam sim no, sau cov lus qhia txog tus kheej feem ntau suav nrog xaiv cov paj huam lossis cov lus hais ntawm lub ntim me me (raws li txoj cai, cov no yog cov dab neeg, tab sis kuj tseem muaj cov ntawv sau, cov ntawv sau). Lawv kuj tuaj yeem sau cov kab lus tseem ceeb los ntawm cov kws tshawb fawb ntawm cov ntawv nyeem, cov ntawv sau txog tus kheej, thiab lwm yam. Daim ntawv no ntawm cov ntawv sau, raws li anthology, yog nrov heev hauv Western Europe.