EMILIO JACINTO

December 15, 1875, Emilio Jacinto was born in Trozo, Manila.

Even as children, Emilio Jacinto and Andres Bonifacio were
close as he was nursed by Andres Bonifacio’s mother.
At a young age Emilio Jacinto learned to speak Spanish but
this did not hinder his fluency in the Filipino Language.
Due to poverty, he was often dressed in used clothing which
were not taken out of hock, making him the subject of many
jokes.
Despite his poverty, he was well educated. Jacinto finished
primary education in a private school and obtained a bachelor
of arts in Colegio de San Juan de Letran.
Source: Author, Michael Charleston “Xiao” Chua, Assistant Professorial Lecturer of History of the De La Salle
University
English translation by Riko Rosete
 The Mind that Guided the Revolution
He was studying law in the University of Santo Tomas in
1894 when he joined the Katipunan at the age of 19. He
took the alias of ‘Pingkian’, which means ‘to strike’ (like you
do with a bolo).
He became Bonifacio’s closest advisor, and oversaw the
financial affairs of the Katipunan. When Bonifacio and him
drafted separate moral codes which would guide the
actions of the revolutionaries, Bonifacio acknowledged
Jacinto’s intellect and chose the younger Jacinto's draft for
publication in the Kartilya. The code of conduct showed
that a good heart, and love are needed in order to relieve
the suffering of the Filipino people; the true meaning of
freedom.
Source: Author, Michael Charleston “Xiao” Chua, Assistant Professorial Lecturer of History of the De La
Salle University
English translation by Riko Rosete
KARTILYA
 Ang kabuhayang hindi ginugugol sa isang
malaki at banal na kadahilanan ay kahoy na
walang lilim, kundi man damong
makamandag.
(Life which is not consecrated to a lofty and
sacred cause is like a tree without a shadow, if
not a poisonous weed.)
 Ang gawang magaling na nagbubuhat sa
pagpipita sa sarili at hindi sa talagang nasang
gumawa ng kagalingan, ay di kabaitan.
(A good deed that springs from a desire for
personal profit and not a desire to do good is
not kindness.)
 Ang tunay na kabanalan ay ang
pagkakawang-gawa, ang pag-ibig sa kapwa
at ang isukat ang bawat kilos, gawa’t
pangungusap sa talagang Katuwiran.
(True greatness consists in being charitable,
in loving one’s fellow men and in adjusting
every movement, deed and word to true
Reason.)
 Maitim man o maputi ang kulay ng balat,
lahat ng tao’y magkakapantay;
mangyayaring ang isa’y higtan sa dunong, sa
yaman, sa ganda; ngunit di mahihigtan sa
pagkatao.
(All men are equal, be the color of their skin
black or white. One may be superior to
another in knowledge, wealth, and beauty
but cannot be superior in being.)
 Ang may mataas na kalooban, inuuna ang
puri kaysa pagpipita sa sarili; ang may
hamak na kalooban, inuuna ang pagpipita sa
sarili kaysa puri.
(He who is noble prefers honor to personal
gains; he who is mean prefers personal profit
to honor.)
 Sa taong may hiya,
salita’y panunumpa.
(To a man with a sense of
shame, his word is
inviolate.)
 Huwag mong sayangin ang
panahon; ang yamang nawala’y
mangyayaring magbalik; ngunit
panahong nagdaan na’y di na muli
pang magdadaan.
(Don’t waste away time; lost riches
may be recovered, but time lost will
never come again.)
 Ipagtanggol mo ang inaapi at
kabakahin ang umaapi.
(Defend the oppressed and fight
the oppressor.)
Ang taong matalino’y ang may pag-
iingat sa bawat sasabihin; at
matutong ipaglihim ang dapat
ipaglihim.
(An intelligent man is he who is
cautious in speech and knows how
to keep the secrets that must be
guarded.)
 Sa daang matinik ng kabuhayan, lalaki ay
siyang patnugot ng asawa’t at mga anak;
kung ang umaakay ay tungo sa sama, ang
patutunguhan ng inaakay ay kasamaan
din.
(In a challenging path of life, the man leads
the way and his wife and children follow. If
the leader goes the way of evil, so do the
followers.)
 Ang babae ay huwag mong tingnang isang bagay na
libangan lamang, kundi isang katuwang at karamay
sa mga kahirapan nitong kabuhayan; gamitin mo
nang buong pagpipitagan ang kanyang kahinaan at
alalahanin ang inang pinagbuhata’t nag-iwi sa iyong
kasanggulan.
(Think not of woman as a object merely to while away
time but as a helper and partner in the hardships of
life. Respect her in her weakness, and remember the
mother who brought you into this world and who
cared for you in your childhood.)
 Ang di mo ibig gawin sa asawa mo,
anak at kapatid, ay huwag mong
gagawin sa asawa, anak at kapatid ng
iba.
(What you do not want done to your
wife, daughter and sister, do not do to
the wife, daughter and sister of
another.)
Ang kamahalan ng tao’y wala sa pagkahari, wala sa tangos ng ilong at
puti ng mukha, wala sa pagka-paring kahalili ng Diyos, wala sa mataas
na kalagayan sa balat ng lupa: wagas at tunay na mahal na tao, kahit
laking-gubat at walang nababatid kundi sariling wika; yaong may
magandang asal, may isang pangungusap, may dangal at puri; yaong di
napaaapi’t di nakikiapi; yaong marunong magdamdam at marunong
lumingap sa bayang tinubuan.
(The nobility of a man does not consist in being a king, nor in the
highness of nose and the whiteness of the skin, nor in being the priest
representing God, nor in the exalted position on this earth, but pure and
truly noble is he who, through born in the woods, is possessed of an
upright character; who is true to his word; who had dignity and honor;
who does not oppress and does not help those who oppress; who knows
how to look after and love the land of his birth.)
 Paglaganap ng mga aral na ito at maningning na
sumikat ang araw ng mahal na Kalayaan dito sa
kaaba-abang Sangkapuluan at sabugan ng matamis
niyang liwanag ang nangagkaisang magkalahi’t
magkakapatid ng ligayang walang katapusan, ang
mga ginugol na buhay, pagod, at mga tiniis na
kahirapa’y labis nang natumbasan.
(When these doctrines spread and the Sun of beloved
liberty shines with brilliant effulgence in these
unhappy isles and sheds its soft rays upon the united
people and brothers in everlasting happiness, the
lives, labors, and suffering of those who are gone shall
be more than recompensed.)
KALAYAAN
Jacinto became the editor of Kalayaan, the Katipunan’s newspaper. After the
first publication, the membership of the Katipunan rose from 300 to 3,000
members! The effectiveness of the Kalayaan is attributable to its use of
concepts and colloquialisms familiar to the people. In one article, Jacinto wrote
the parable of a beautiful woman appearing before a child in tears. The child
asked the woman who she was, and she replied “Because of my desire, the
people have united and have foregone their self-interest only to set their sights
on the good of all. My name is FREEDOM”. Under the nom de guerre Dimas-Ilaw,
Jacinto wrote the narrative “Liwanag at Dilim” (Light and Dark) and the poem “a
la Patria”.
Ang buntis na babae na
malungkot na nakatitig
ay si Catalina de Jesus.
Mula kay Dr. Ambeth
Ocampo.
 Ang sayt ng unang
pinaglibingan kay Emilio
Jacinto sa
Sta. Cruz, Laguna.
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 Si Emilio Jacinto sa
labanan, likhang sining
ni Florante “Boy” Beltran
Caedo na itinayo noong
Sentenaryo ng
kapanganakan ni
Jacinto. Dito rin
nakalibing ang mga labi
ni Jacinto sa Himalayang
Pilipino sa Lungsod
Quezon.
https://xiaochua.net/2013/04/16/xiao-time-15-
april-2013-dokumento-ng-pagkatalaga-kay-
emilio-jacinto/
The Rise of the Katipunan
• When the revolution broke in 1896, Bonifacio and Jacinto led the siege of
Polvorin, San Juan Del Monte.
• He also disguised himself as a Chinese person in order to help Jose Rizal escape,
which the latter declined. Bonifacio, at that time the president of the “Haring
Bayan” (Great nation), named Jacinto the commander of the Revolution’s
Northern Forces. Despite Bonifacio’s death, in Feb. 1898, Jacinto continued to
wage battle in Maimpis, Magdalena, Laguna. He was wounded and caught. In the
convent in Magdalena, he was repeatedly thrown of a staircase, and it is believed
that his blood stains the wooden staircase to this day. He tricked his captors and
was able to escape. Following these events, the historian Augusto de Viana wrote
that Jacinto became a beef vendor, and the Bantanguenyo general, Migule Malvar
was one of his beef suppliers. He died of malaria at age 23 on April 16, 1899 in
Santa Cruz, laguna. He may have also left a pregnant lover, Catalina De Jesus.
Though he was young, Pingkian played a gigantic role guiding the revolution and
founding the Filipino Nation.