Kartilla

Kartilya of the katipunan

Of the

Katipuna
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pretest Pre-Test

Questions:
1. Who was the author of the Kartilla of
the katipunan?

Andres Bonifacio

Emilio Jacinto

Emilio Aguinaldo

Manuel L. Quezon
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Questions:
2. What does the Kartilla of the
Katipunan contain?

Life of emilio Jacinto

Teachings of the katipunan

Teachings of Emilio Jacinto

Act of Independence
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Questions:
3. Kartilla is a word adopted from the Spanish
Cartilla, which at that time mean?

Primer for integrated School

Primer for Livelihood

Primer for grade school students

Primer for all Studets

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Questions:
4. The earliest reference to the Kartilla
yet found in December 1895
Supreme Assembly Meeting
La Sensacional Memoria de
Isabelo de Los Reyes

Espifanio de Los Santos

The Brethren: Masons in the
Struggle for the Philippines
Independence
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Questions:
5. It is the manifestation of the KKK’s principles
and teachings?

Duties of the Sons of the People

Kartilla of the Katipunan

Act of Independency

All of the above

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Questions:
1. Refer to the famous footnote that
says, “The word tagalog means all
those born in this Archipelago.” What
does this statement imply? Explain
Briefly.
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Questions:
In a group, explain one of The Duties of
the Sons of the People, in your own
words. Present it to the class.
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For Group 1
Engrave the heart the conviction that to
die for the liberation of the country from
enslavement is the highest honor and
fortune.
For Group 2
Anyone who falls into danger whilst
carrying out their duties should be
supported by all, and rescued even at the
cost of life and riches.
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For Group 3
Believe absolutely that scoundrels and
traitors will be punished and good deeds
will be rewarded. Believe, likewise, that
the aims of the K.K.K. Are blessed by
the Creator, for the will of the people is
also His will.
Background of the author
Background
Of the

Author
 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.
 Emilio Jacinto
 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.
 Emilio Jacinto
 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.
 Emilio Jacinto
 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.
What is Kartilya?
 The Kartilya is the best-known of
all the katipunan texts.

 It manifests the KKK’s principles

and teachings.

 It was printed as a small pamphlet

for new members. It is the only
document of any lenght set in
print by the Katipunan prior to
August 1896 that is known to be
still extant.
 The earliest reference to the Kartilya yet found is in the
minutes of a Supreme Assembly meeting held in
December 1895, whcih says, the manifesto (pahayag)
will be priced at 4 kualta per copy.

 Whether it is the KKK branches or the individual

recruits who are to be charged this amount is not clear,
and nor is it known whether the title phrase- “To those
who just joined this Katipunan.” – truly means
potential recruits, needless to say, there was a
heightened risk they might fall into the wrong hands.
 The Kartilya was still in use during the first phase of
the revolution, and Bonifacio was planning to print
more copies shortly before he have been used during
the second phase of the revolution, for a version
survives in the Philippines Insurgent Record that is
stamped with the seal used by Artemio Ricarte in
1899.
 Authorship of the Kartilya
 It has always been credited to Emilio Jacinto.

 However, it dates back to the Sensacional memoria of

Isabelo de los Reyes, whose sources included several
senior KKK veterans, and it has never been challenged.

 Bonifacio, the story goes, had originally intended that

his “Decalogue” should be printed and handed to new
recruits, but he then reads Jacinto’s Kartilya and
decided it was superior.
 Authorship of the Kartilya

 Bonifacio listed ten obligations, Jacinto presents

twelve guiding principles and fourteen teachings.
 Structure
 The kartilya resembles the declaraction used in
Manila’s masonic lodges, a declaration that had
presumably been written in Spain around 1899.

 The Kartilya is addressed “to those who want to join

the Katipunan”

 The preamble to the Kartilya echoes the masonic

document’s stated purpose, which is to ensure that
candidates fully understand the association’s objectives
before making a commitment they might later repent.
 Structure
 The division in the Kartilya between principles (layon),
and teachings (aral) broadly pparallels the division in the
Grand Oriente’s manifesto between the “Programa
Masonica” and the “Codigo Masonico.”

 And, the Kartilya, finally, like the document used in the

lodges, asks neophytes to pledge their allegiance to the
association’s objectives and to affirm with their signature
that they are becoming members of their own free will
(ninanais ng loob ko).
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 Other infuences may be identified more tentatively.

 The admonitions to regard a woman as a “helpmate” rather than a

“plaything,” and to “have due regard to her weakness” may be
traced back to Cervantes;

 and the thought that “time lost is lost forever” may have come from
Benjamin Franklin.

 One percept is perhaps taken from Rizal, “ A life which is not

dedicated to a great idea is useless,” declares Rizal’s fictional
insurrectionist Simoun in Ell Filibusterismo: “It is a pebble lost in
the field, when it should form part of some building.”
 Structure
 To emphasize Enlightenment influences on the Katipunan thinking,
some say, effaces the originality of documents like the Kartilya,
which may be found in the nances of their, and their resonance with
the native psyche, familia bonds, folk Christianity, indigenous
dissident traditions, and so on.

 Beyond doubt are the equivalents of the Enlightenment’s defining

watchwords:

• Liberty (Kalayaan),
• Equality (lahat ng tao ay magkakapantay),
• Fraternity (kayong lahat ay magkakapatid,
• Reasons (Katuiran)
• Progress (Kagalingan)
• Enlightenment (Kaliwanagan)
 1. Ang kabuhayang hindi ginugugol sa isang malaki at banal na
T kadahilanan ay kahoy na walang lilim, kundi damong makamandag
Teachings of theEkartilya (filipino version)
2. Ang gawang magaling na nagbubuhat sa pagpipita sa sarili, at
hindi sa talagang nasang gumawa ng kagalingan, ay di kabaitan.  
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3. Ang tunay na kabanalan ay ang pagkakawang gawa, ang pagibig
C sa kapua at ang isukat ang bawat kilos, gawa’t pangungusap sa
talagang Katuiran. 
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4. Maitim man at maputi ang kulay ng balat, lahat ng tao’y
I magkakapantay; mangyayaring ang isa’y higtan sa dunong, sa
yaman, sa ganda…; ngunit di mahihigtan sa pagkatao. 
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5. Ang may mataas na kalooban inuuna ang puri sa pagpipita sa
G sarili; ang may hamak na kalooban inuuna ang pagpipita sa sarili sa
puri. 
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6. Sa taong may hiya, salita’y panunumpa. 
7. Huag mong sasayangin ang panahun; ang yamang nawala’y magyayaring
magbalik; nguni’t panahong nagdaan na’y di na muli pang magdadaan. Value of
time

8. Ipagtanggol mo ang inaapi, at kabakahin ang umaapi. 

9. Ang taong matalino’y ang may pagiingat sa bawat sasabihin, at matutong

ipaglihim ang dapat ipaglihim.  

10. Sa daang matinik ng kabuhayan, lalaki ay siyang patnugot ng asawa’t mga

anak; kung ang umaakay ay tungo sa sama, ang patutunguhan ng iaakay ay
kasamaan din.  

11. Ang babai ay huag mong tignang isang bagay na libangan lamang, kundi
isang katuang at karamay sa mga kahirapan nitong kabuhayan; gamitan mo ng
buong pagpipitagan ang kaniyang kahinaan, at alalahanin ang inang
pinagbuhata’t nagiwi sa iyong kasangulan.  

12. Ang di mo ibig na gawin sa asawa mo, anak at kapatid, ay huag mong

gagawin sa asawa, anak, at kapatid ng iba. 
13. Ang kamahalan ng tao’y wala sa pagkahari, wala sa tangus ng ilong
at puti ng mukha, wala sa pagkaparing kahalili ng Dios wala sa mataas
na kalagayan sa balat ng lupa; wagas at tunay na mahal na tao, kahit
laking gubat at walang nababatid kundi ang 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. 

14. Paglaganap ng mga aral na ito at maningning na sumikat ang araw

ng mahal na Kalayaan dito sa kaabaabang Sangkalupuan, at sabugan ng
matamis  niyang liwanag ang nangagkaisang magkalahi’t magkakapatid
ng ligaya ng walang katapusan, ang mga ginugol na buhay, pagud, at
mga tiniis na kahirapa’y labis nang natumbasan. Kung lahat ng ito’y
mataruk na ng nagiibig pumasuk at inaakala niyang matutupad ang mga
tutungkulin, maitatala ang kaniyang ninanasa sa kasunod nito. 
 CODE
Of
Conduct
1. The life that is not consecrated to a lofty and reasonable purpose is a tree
without a shade, if not a poisonous weed.

2. To do good for personal gain and not for its own sake is not virtue. 

3. It is rational to be charitable and love one's fellow creature, and to adjust
one's conduct, acts and words to what is in itself reasonable. 

4. Whether our skin be black or white, we are all born equal: superiority in
knowledge, wealth and beauty are to be understood, but not superiority by
nature. 
Code of conduct CODE
Of
Conduct
5. The honorable man prefers honor to personal gain; the scoundrel, gain to
honor. 

6. To the honorable man, his word is sacred. 

7. Do not waste thy time: wealth can be recovered but not time lost. 

8. Defend the oppressed and fight the oppressor before the law or in the
field. 

9. The prudent man is sparing in words and faithful in keeping secrets. 

 CODE
Of
Conduct
10. On the thorny path of life, man is the guide of woman and the children,
and if the guide leads to the precipice, those whom he guides will also go
there. 

11. Thou must not look upon woman as a mere plaything, but as a faithful
companion who will share with thee the penalties of life; her (physical)
weakness will increase thy interest in her and she will remind thee of the
mother who bore thee and reared thee. 

12. What thou dost not desire done unto thy wife, children, brothers and
sisters, that do not unto the wife, children, brothers and sisters of thy
neighbor. 
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Of
Conduct

13. Man is not worth more because he is a king, because his nose is aquiline,
and his color white, not because he is a *priest, a servant of God, nor
because of the high prerogative that he enjoys upon earth, but he is worth
most who is a man of proven and real value, who does good, keeps his
words, is worthy and honest; he who does not oppress nor consent to being
oppressed, he who loves and cherishes his fatherland, though he be born in
the wilderness and know no tongue but his own. 
 CODE
Of
Conduct
14. When these rules of conduct shall be known to all, the longed-for sun of
Liberty shall rise brilliant over this most unhappy portion of the globe and its
rays shall diffuse everlasting joy among the confederated brethren of the
same rays, the lives of those who have gone before, the fatigues and the
well-paid sufferings will remain. If he who desires to enter (the Katipunan)
has informed himself of all this and believes he will be able to perform what
will be his duties, he may fill out the application for admission.  

[translation by Gregorio Nieva, 1918]

Act ofAct of the
the Declaration of
Declaration
Philippine Independence
Of Philippine
Independenc
e
Pre-test of the declaration
Pre-Test of Philippine
Independence
Questions:
1. When was the declaration of Philippine
independence took place?

June 21, 1889

June 12, 1889

June 21, 1898

June 12, 1898

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Questions:
2. Where did the Philippine Declaration of
Independence occured?

Kawit Cavite

Nueva Ecija

Manila Bay

La Union
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Questions:
3. The Act of the Declaration of Independence was
prepared and written by who?

Ambrocio Rianzares

Andres Bonifacio

Emilio Jacinto

Delfina Herbosa
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Questions:
4. Who designed the Philippine National
Flag?

Andres Bonifacio

Emilio Jacinto

Emilio Aguinaldo

Manuel L. Quezon
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Questions:
5. The Marcha Filipina Magdalo is also
known as what?

National Anthem

Filipinas

Lupang Hinirang

National Flag
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Questions:
6. What was the $20 million payment by virtue
of the Treaty of Paris served as?

The right of Filipinos to be free

and independent
A payment sold by Spaniards
to the Americans
A payment for damages of war
as well as improvements
All of the Above
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Questions:
7. Who made the National Flag of the
Philippines?

Andres Bonifacio, Emilio

Jacinto, Emilio Aguinaldo
Andres Bonifacio, Sergio
Matias, Don Felix Ferrer
Calixto Lara, Valentin Politan,
Jose Medina
Marcela Agoncillo, Lorenza
Agoncillo, Delfina Herboza
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Questions:
8. In the Philippine Flag, what does the white
triangle signify?

Distinctive emblem of famous

society of the “Katipunan”
The three principal islands of
Philippine archipelago
Commemorating the flag of the
United States of America
Great Nation for its disinterested
protection which is lent to the
Philippines
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Questions:
9. In the Philippine Flag, what does the three
stars signify?
Distinctive emblem of famous
society of the “Katipunan”
The three principal islands of
Philippine archipelago: Luzon,
Mindanao and Panay Island
Commemorating the flag of the
United States of America
Great Nation for its disinterested
protection which is lent to the
Philippines
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Questions:
10. In the Philippine Flag, what does the colors
of Blue, Red, and White mean?
Distinctive emblem of famous
society of the “Katipunan”
The three principal islands of
Philippine archipelago: Luzon,
Mindanao and Panay Island
Commemorating the flag of the
United States of America
Gigantic step made by the son of
the country along the path of
Progress and Civilization
Amazing facts of the Philippine
IndependenceAmazing Facts

1. Filipino Priests started the movemnet for

independence
2. Filipino formed a secret society to rebel
against Spain.
3. According to Julian Felipe, Philippine
independence was proclaimed on a Sunday
afternoon, between 4 to 5 P.M.
 Amazing Facts

4. Spain and the U.S. did not recognized

aguinaldo’s declaration of independence.
5. Philippine Independence day used to be
celebrated on July 4.
6. Emilio Aguinaldo himself designed the
Philippine flag
 Amazing Facts

7. The three stars in the flag originally stand

for Luzon, Panay and Mindanao
8. The flag’s colors (Red, White and Blue)
were a salute to the American flag
9. The colors of the Philippine flag can be
used as signals
 Amazing Facts

10. There was an earlier version of the

National Anthem but Emilio Aguinaldo
preffered something different
11. The First Philippine Anthem was
comissioned by Andres Bonifacio
12. The original copy of the proclamation
of Philippine independence is kept in the
National Library
Background of the author
Background
Of the

Author
Ambrosio Rianzares
Ambrosio Bautista
Rianzares
Bautista
 On December 7, 1830, Ambrosio
Rianzares Bautista, Lawyer was born in
Binan, Laguna

 Bautista who was arrested and jailed at

the outbreak of the revolution, was the
one who authored the “Act of
Declaration of Philippine
Independence”.

 He was also the one who read the

declaration during the June 12, 1898
independence proclamation by General
Aguuinaldo in Kawit, Cavite.
Ambrosio Rianzares
Bautista
 Accordingly, General Aguinaldo thought
that it was necessary to declare the
independence of the Philippines to
inspire the people to fight more eagerly
agaist the spaniards.

 The declaration of independence would

also lead foreign countries to recognize
the independence of the country.

 Bautista patterned the act on American

declaration of Independence, which was
signed by 98 persons
Ambrosio Rianzares
Bautista

 Bautista who also served as solicitor

general of the revolutionary
government, died on December 4, 1903
at the age of 72.
Act of the Declaration of Philippine
Act of the Declaration of Philippine
Independence Independence
(Translation by Sulpicio Guevara)

 The philippine Declaration of Independence occured in Kawit,

Cavity on 12 June 1898 where Filipino revolutionary forces under
General Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the sovereignty and
independence of the Philippine islands from Spanish colonization
after the latter was defeated at the battle of Manila Bay on 1 May
1898 during the Spanish-American war.

 It was declared as national holiday and was witnessed by thousands

of people who gathered in Kawit to witness the historic event.
 The declaration, however, was not recognized by the United States
or Spain, as the Spanish government ceded the Philippines (and
other Spanish colonial territories) to the United States in the 1898
Treaty of Paris signed on 10 December 1898 in consideration for
an indemnity for Spanish expenses and assets lost.

 The Act of the Declaration of Independence was prepared and

written by Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista in Spanish, who also read
the said declaration.

 A passage in the Delaration reminds one of another passage in the

American Declaration of Independence.

 The Philippine Declaration was signed by ninety-eight persons,

among them an American army officer who witnessed the
proclamation.
 The Act declared that the Filipinos “are and have the right to be
free and independent,” and that the nation from “this day
commences to have a life of its own, with every political tie
between Filipinas and Spain severed and annulled.”

 The event saw the National Flag of the Philippines, designed by

General Aguinaldo and made in Hongkong by Mrs. Marcela
Agoncillo, Lorenza Agoncillo and Delfina Herboza unfurled for
the first time.

 This was followed by the performance of the “Marcha Filipina

Magdalo” now known as “Lupang Hinirang”, the National
Anthem. The composer, Julian Felipe, was a music teacher from
Cavite. The lyrics to the anthem were sourced a year after from the
poem of Jose Palma entitled “Filipinas”.
 General Aguinaldo explained the symbolism of the the Filipino flag.
And, it was results unanimously that this Nation, already free and
independent as of this day, must used the same flag which up to
now is being used, whose designed and colored are found and
described in the attached drawing,

The White Triangle

 The white triangle signifying the distinctive emblem of the famous
Society of the “Katipunan” which by means of its blood compact
inspired the masses to rise in the revolution.
The Three Islands of the Archipelago
( Luzon, Mindanao, and Panay)
 It is where the revolutionary movement started.

The Sun
 The sun representing the gigantic step made by the son of the
country along the path of Progress and Civilization.

The Eight Rays

 Signifying the eight provinces – Manila, Cavite, Bulacan,
Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Laguna, and Batangas – which
declares themselves in a state of war as soon as the first revolt was
initiated.
 The Colors Blue, Red, and White
 Commemorating the flag of the United States of America, as a
manifestation of our profound gratitude towards this Great Nation
for its disintegrated protection which it lent us and continues
lending us.
 And, holding up this flag, Ambrosio present it to the gentlemen
there assembled:
Don Segundo Arellano Don Mariano Legaspi
Sergio Metias Don Aurelio Tolentino
Don Flaviano Alonzo Don Felipe Buencamino
Don Jose Turiano santiago y Don Anastacio Pinzun
Acosta Don Timoteo Bernabe
Don Felix Ferrer Don gavino Masancay
Don Fernando Canon Faustino Don Gregorio Villa
Don Tiburcio del Rosario Don Canuto Celestino
Don Agapito Zialcita Don Martin de los Reyes
Don Manuel Santos
Don Gabriel de los Reyes Don Francisco del Rosario
Don Emiliano Lim Don Ladislao Afable Jose
Don Rosendo Simon Don Luis de Lara
Don Gregorio Bonifacio Don Jose Medina
Don Simon Vallareal Don Pastor Lopez de Leon
Don Buenaventura Toribio Don Santiago Garcia
Don Hugo Lim Don Estanislao Tria Tirona
Don Fausto Tinorio Don Andres Tria Tirona
Don Leon Tanjanquet Don Sulpicio P Antony
Don Manuel Salafranca Don Catalino Ramon
Don Calixto Lara Don Jose del Rosario
Don Zacarias Fajardo Don Flaviano Rodriguez
Don Ramon Gana Don Narciso Mayuga
Don Valentin Politan Don Luis Perez Tagle
Don Evaristo Dimalanta Don Marcos
Don Sabas de Guzman
Don Guido Yaptinchay
Don Francisco Arambulo
Don Juan Antonio Gonzales
Don Ramon Delfino