KARTILYA NG

KATIPUNAN
by EMILIO JACINTO
KATIPUNAN
 THE KATIPUNAN IS BORN
 Bonifacio then founded the “Katastaasang
Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga
Anak ng Bayan” (KKK) on July 7, 1892 in
a house on Azcarraga street (now Claro M.
HISTORICAL Recto), in Tondo, Manila. 
CONTEXT

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Andres Bonifacio  The Great Plebeian
 Born in Tondo on November 30, 1863, the
first child of poor parents.
 Named after St. Andrew the patron saint of
Manila.
 He had three brothers and two sisters:
 Ciriaco
 Procopio
 Espiridiona
 Troadio
 Maxima

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 THE KATIPUNAN IS BORN

 The “Katastaasang Kagalang-

galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak
HISTORICAL ng Bayan” (KKK) was a
revolutionary society that espoused
CONTEXT independence and freedom for the
Philippines through force of arms.

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 THE KATIPUNAN IS BORN

 As a symbol of the member’s loyalty,

they performed the solemn rite
of sanduguan (blood compact),
HISTORICAL The members agreed to recruit more
CONTEXT people using the “triangle system” of
enlistment.

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 Objectives of the Katipunan

Political goal was to completely separate

the Philippines from Spain after declaring
the country’s independence.
HISTORICAL
CONTEXT Moral goal was to teach the Filipinos
good manners, cleanliness, hygiene, fine
morals, and how to guard themselves
against religious fanaticism.

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 Objectives of the Katipunan

Civic goal was to encourage Filipinos

to help themselves and to defend the poor
HISTORICAL oppressed.
CONTEXT  The KKK was headed by a supremo, or
president. Each province had a “Sangguaniang
Bayan” (Provincial Council) and each town had a
“Sangguniang Barangay” (Popular Council).

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 Founder – ANDRES BONIFACIO
Supremo – DEADATO ARELLANO
Organization Fiscal – LADISLAO DIWA
of the Secretary – TEODORO PLATA
Katipunan Treasurer – VALENTIN DIAZ

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 Membership in the Katipunan

Organization
of the
Katipunan

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 Membership in the Katipunan

Organization
of the
Katipunan

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 Membership in the Katipunan

Organization
of the
Katipunan

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HISTORICAL
CONTEXT

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 Emilio Jacinto
 Born on December 15, 1875 in Tondo,
Manila.
THIS IS A  Son of Mariano Jacinto (bookkeeper)
SLIDE and Josefa Dizon.
TITLE  Finished his early education in a
private school then took up his
secondary education at the Colegio de
San Juan de Letran.

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 Emilio Jacinto
 He studied law at the UST.
THIS IS A  He had to stop his studies when the
SLIDE Philippine Revolution began in 1896.
TITLE  He joined the Katipunan in 1894 at
the age of 18 and took the symbolic
name Pingkian.

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 Emilio Jacinto
 He wrote the Kartilya as well as the
THIS IS A oath of the Katipuneros.
 He edited the Katipunan newspaper,
SLIDE
Kalayaan.
TITLE  He was also an author of several
literary writings using the pen-name
Dimas Ilaw.

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 Emilio Jacinto
 He served the Katipunan in different
THIS IS A capacities such as secretary, fiscal,
SLIDE editor, and later was appointed
TITLE General by Bonifacio in 1897.
 He also served as an adviser to the
Supremo.

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 Emilio Jacinto
 After Bonifacio’s death in Cavite in
THIS IS A 1897, he continued to fight against
SLIDE the Spaniards.
TITLE  He was wounded and captured in
Magdalena, Laguna.
 Died on April 6, 1899 (age 24).

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ABOUT THE
TEXT

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 In the study of Jim Richardson on the
Katipunan’s history and documents, he
ABOUT said that “the Kartilya is the best
THE TEXT known of all Katipunan texts” and
that is “the only document of any
length set in print by the Katipunan
prior to August 1896 that is known to
be still extant”.

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  The Kartilya was printed in a small
pamphlet that was distributed to the
members of the Katipunan.
ABOUT  Its term was derived from the Spanish
THE TEXT cartilla which was the primer used for grade
schools during the Spanish period.
 Like the cartillas, this document served as
the primary lessons for the members of
the Katipunan.

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  The Kartilya presents not only the
teachings for the neophyte Katipunero
but also the guiding principles of the
ABOUT society.
THE TEXT  It ends with a document of affirmation
by the member to the society’s
teachings.

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  Its importance today is predicted on the
ABOUT
teachings that embodied the moral and
THE TEXT nationalistic principles of a nation that
fought for independence.

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  These principles are relevant as the
sense of nationhood still holds true
ABOUT
when the cultural and historical values
THE TEXT of every Filipino are threatened by the
onslaught of foreign influences brought
about by today’s globalization.

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SA MAY NASANG MAKISANIB
SA KATIPUNANG ITO
 
Sa pagkakailangan, na ang lahat na nagiibig pumasuk sa katipunang ito, ay
magkaroon ng lubos na pananalig at kaisipan sa mga layong tinutungo at mga
kaaralang pinaiiral, minarapat na ipakilala sa kanila ang mga bagay na ito, at
ng bukas makalawa’y huag silang magsisi at tuparing maluag sa kalooban ang
kanilang mga tutungkulin.
 
Ang kabagayang pinaguusig ng katipunang ito ay lubos na dakila at mahalaga;
papagisahin ang loob at kaisipan ng lahat ng tagalog (*) sa pamagitan ng isang
mahigpit na panunumpa, upang sa pagkakaisang ito’y magkalakas na iwasak
ang masinsing tabing na nakabubulag sa kaisipan at matuklasan ang tunay na
landas ng Katuiran at Kaliwanagan.

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 I
A life that is not dedicated to a great and sacred
cause is like a tree without a shade, or a
poisonous weed.
II.
A good deed lacks virtue if it springs from a
KARTILYA NG desire for personal profit and not from a
KATIPUNAN sincere desire to do good.
III.
True charity resides in acts of compassion, in
love for one’s fellow men, and in making true
Reason the measure of every move, deed and
word.
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 IV.
Be their skin dark or pale, all men are equal.
One can be superior to another in
knowledge, wealth and beauty… but not in
being.
V.
KARTILYA NG
A person with a noble character values
KATIPUNAN honor above self-interest, while a person
with an ignoble character values self-
interest above honor.
VI.
An honorable man’s word is his bond.
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 VII.
Don’t waste time; lost wealth may be
recovered, but time lost is lost forever.
VIII.
KARTILYA NG Defend the oppressed and fight the
oppressor.
KATIPUNAN
IX.
An intelligent man is he who takes care in
everything he says and keep quiet about
what must be kept secret.

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 X.
Along the thorny path of life, the man leads
the way and his wife and children follow. If
the leader goes the way of perdition, then so
do those who are led.
KARTILYA NG XI.
KATIPUNAN Do not regard a woman as a mere plaything,
but as a helpmate and partner in the hardships
of this existence. Have due regard to her
weakness, and remember the mother who
brought you into this world and nurtured you
in your infancy.
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 XII.
What you would not want done to your wife,
daughter and sister, do not do to the wife,
daughter and sister of another.
KARTILYA NG XIII.
KATIPUNAN A man’s worth does not come from him being
a king, or in the height of his nose and the
whiteness of his face, or in him being a priest,
a representative of God, or in his exalted
position on the face of this earth.

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 (cont.) XIII
Pure and truly noble is he who, though born in
the forest and able to speak only his own
tongue, behaves decently, is true to his word,
KARTILYA NG has dignity and honor, who is not an oppressor
KATIPUNAN and does not abet oppressors, who knows
how to cherish and look after the land of his
birth.

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 XIV.
When these doctrines spread and the brilliant
sun of beloved liberty shines on these poor
KARTILYA NG Islands, and sheds its sweet light upon a united
KATIPUNAN race, a people in everlasting happiness, then
the lives lost, the struggle and the suffering
will have been more than recompensed

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The current relevance of the

Kartilya lies in the fact that it
established not only the rules for
the members of the organization
RELEVANCE
but the principles for the citizens
of a nation once independence
had been achieved.
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TO THE PROVINCIAL DIRECTORATE OF _____________________________________________

 
I, _____________________________________________
 
NATIVE OF THE TOWN OF ______________________________
 
PROVINCE OF _________________________MY AGE
 
IS___________YEARS, OCCUPATION_____________________
 
MARITAL STATUS____________________________AND RESIDENT
 
AT ____________________STREET OF ________________________
 
 
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Having fully understood the principles and teachings proclaimed by the Katipunan of the Sons of the People, I
wish with heart and soul to become a member. Respectfully, therefore, I beg to be deemed worthy of
admission and to be counted as one of the sons of the association, and I pledge to comply with its teachings
and submit to its Orders.
 
[Sgd.]
 
the ____________of the month of _________________
 
____________________of the year 189__.
 

 
Entrance fee has been paid.
 
 
THE TREASURER
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INSIGHT
• GOODSCHARACTER IS THE
KEY TO SUCCESS
• UNITY
• IGNORANCE LIMITS THE
FACTS THAT TRULY EXIST
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THANK YOU!
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