The KKK and the

“kartilya ng katipunan”
Prepared by group 2
▪ The Kataastaasan, kagalanggalangang katipunan ng
mga anak ng bayan (KKK) or katipunan is arguably
the most important organizations form in the history.
▪ It was the only organization that envisioned
1. United Filipino nation that will revolt against the
spaniards for
2. The total independence of the country from the
Spain.
▪ Previous armed revolts had already occurred before the foundation
of katipunan, but none of them envisioned a unified Filipino nation
revolting against the colonizers.
Ex. Diego Silang was known as an Ilocano who took up his arm and led
one of the longest running revolts in the country.
▪ On the other hand, the propaganda movements led by illustrados like
Marcelo H. Del pilar , Graciano Lopez, Jaena and Jose Rizal DID
NOT envision a total separation of the Philippines from Spain.
▪ But only demanded equal rights, representation, and protection
from the abuses of the friars.
▪ One of the most important katipunan document
was the kartilya ng katipunan.
▪ The original title of the document was Manga Aral
Nang Katipunan ng mga A.N.B or Lessons of the
organizations of the sons of the country.
▪ This document was written by Emilio Jacinto in the
year 1896
Emilio Jacinto

▪ Jacinto was only 18 years old when he joined the

movementment.
▪ He was a law student in the university of Santo
tomas.
▪ Despite his youth, Bonifacio recognized the value and
intellect in Jacinto that upon seeing jacinto’s kartilya
was much better than the decalogue he wrote, he
willingly favored that the kartilya be distributed to
their fellow katipunero.
▪ Jacinto became the secretary of the organization and took charge of
the katipunan
▪ On April 15 1897, Bonifacio appointed Jacinto as a commander of the
katipunan in Northern Luzon, He was 22 years old that time.
▪ At the age of 24 Jacinto died of malaria in the town of Magdalena,
Laguna
Kartilya can be treated as the katipunan’s code of conduct
Kartilya can be classified into two;
1. The first group contains the rules that will make the member an
upright individual
2. The second group contains the rules that will guide the way he
treats his fellow men.
The translated version of kartilya

I. The life that is not consecrated to a lofty and reasonable purpose is a

tree without a shade, if not a poisonous weed.
II. To do good for personal gain and not for its own sake is not virtue
III. 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.
IV. 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.
V. The honorable man prefers honor to personal gain; the scoundrel,
gain to honor.
VI. To the honorable man, his word is sacred.
VII. Do not waste thy time: wealth can be recovered but not time lost.
VIII. Defend the oppressed and fight the oppressor before the law or in
the field.
IX. The prudent man is sparing in words and faithful in keeping
secrets
X. 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.
XI. 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.
XII. 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.
XIII. 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.
XIV. 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.
As the primary governing document, which
determining the rules of conduct in the
katipunan, properly understanding the
values, ideals, aspirations, and even the
ideology of the organization.