The Katipunan

The Kartilya ng Katipunan

The Teachings of the Katipunan

Realizing the importance of a primer to indoctrinate the members of the society in its ideals, Jacinto
prepared one which he called Kartilla, a word adopted from the Spanish cartilla which at the time meant
a primer for grade school students. The Kartilla consisted of thirteen "teachings" which the members of
the society were expected to follow. The primer follows:

Filipino version from a handout of the Centennial Commission. Strangely, it consisted only of twelve
teachings.

Kartilya ng Katipunan

ni Emilio Jacinto

Ang buhay na hindi ginugugol sa isang malaki at banal na kadahilanan ay kahoy na walang lilim, kundi
damong makamandag.

Ang gawang magaling na nagbuhat sa paghahambog o pagpipita sa sarili, at hindi talagang nasang
gumawa ng kagalingan, ay di kabaitan.

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.

Maitim man o maputi ang kulay ng balat, lahat ng tao'y magkakapantay; mangyayaring ang isa'y hihigtan
sa dunong, sa yaman, sa ganda...; ngunit di mahihigtan sa pagkatao.

Ang may mataas na kalooban, inuuna ang puri kaysa pagpipita sa sarili; ang may hamak na kalooban,
inuuna ang pagpipita sa sarili kaysa sa puri.

Sa taong may hiya, salita'y panunumba.

Huwag mong sayangin ang panahon; ang yamang nawala'y mangyayaring magbalik; ngunit panahong
nagdaan ay di na muli pang magdadaan.
Ipagtanggol mo ang inaapi; kabakahin ang umaapi.

Ang mga taong matalino'y ang may pag-iingat sa bawat sasabihin; matutong ipaglihim ang dapat
ipaglihim.

Sa daang matinik ng buhay, lalaki ang siyang patnugot ng asawa at mga anak; kung ang umaakay ay
tungo sa sama, ang pagtutunguhan ng inaakay ay kasamaan din.

Ang babae ay huwag mong tingnang isang bagay na libangan lamang, kundi isang katuwang at karamay
sa mga kahirapan nitong buhay; gamitin mo nang buong pagpipitagan ang kanyang kahinaan, at
alalahanin ang inang pinagbuharan at nag-iwi sa iyong kasanggulan.

Ang di mo ibig gawin sa asawa mo, anak at kapatid, ay huwag mong gagawin sa asawa, anak at kapatid
ng iba.

The (Real) Kartilya of the Katipunan by Emilio Jacinto (And Musings on the Revolution and Republic)

The Kartilya comprises thirteen lessons that detail not only the vision of the Katipunan, but the vision for
a egalitarian and morally sound Filipino nation.

For the Katipunan leadership, such as Emilio Jacinto, the ideas of Right and Light, Katwiran and
Kaliwanagan, were of utmost importance. They saw themselves as not only as inheritors of the Age of
Enlightenment, but intellectual and moral revolutionaries fighting to create and define a nation and
culture that was post-Enlightenment; that was no longer shackled by the ideological and colonial
restraints of the West, but a country that adopted and merged the best of Spain, the United States,
France, and our own unique culture and society, in support of being Filipino.

Which makes me wonder, for all those who use the Katipunan as an ideological touchstone, for all those
who say they are the inheritors of the Katipunan’s ideals, how many have actually read, internalized,
and understood the Kartilya?

Outside of obliquely and directly referencing it, that is.

The Kartilya of the Katipunan

A life that is not consecrated to a large and holy greatness is a tree without shade, if not a poisonous
weed.

Good work that comes from selfish desires and not from a true desire for excellence is not kindness.

Real piety is hard work and love for fellowmen, and measuring each action, labor and speech by true
Reason.

Whether one’s skin be black or white, all people are equal; it may be that each is superior in knowledge,
wealth, beauty but there is no superiority in human dignity.

One who has a high inner spirit, puts honor, goodness and virtue before self-interest; one who has a
lowly inner spirit puts self interest before honor, goodness and virtue.

To the person with shame, his or her word is sacred.

Do not waste time: wealth can be lost and recovered; but time that already passes will not pass again.

Defend the oppressed and fight the oppressor.

The intelligent person is one who is careful in all that he or she says; and learns to keep secret that
which should deb kept in confidence.

On the thorny path of life, man is the guide of woman and of children; if the guide leaded to evil, the
destiny of those being led is also evil.

Thou must not look upon woman as a mere plaything, but as a partner and sympathetic companion in
the hardships of this life; in your strength, consider her weakness, and remember the mother who
birthed thee and reared thee.

What thou dost not desire done unto thy wife, children, and siblings, do not do unto the wife, children,
and siblings of others.

The value of a person is not in being sovereign, not in an aquiline nose or in a white face, it is not in the
priestly SUBSTITUTE FOR GOD, nor is it in the high station one has in life. Pure and truly highly esteemed,
beloved and noble is the person even if he or she was raised in the forest and speaks nothing but his or
her own language; who has beautiful behavior, and only one sentence (which is) honor and virtue; who
does not oppress others or allow one’s self to be oppressed; who knows how to be sensitive and knows
how to cherish the land of his birth.

Considering the Katipunan, the Revolution, and the Path of Reason.

The Kartilya was the moral and intellectual foundation used to guide the actions of Katipuneros. Upon
joining the Katipunan, members were required to read the Kartilya and adhere to its code of conduct.
Changing the way people thought and acted was paramount to the early Katipuñeros; they understand
that was the only way to truly change the Philippines for the better. Play-acting as and implicitly
referencing the Katipunan without fully understanding their political and moral context and goals
essentially degrades the breadth of what they were trying to achieve.

Then again, we always forget that the Katipunan, upon inception and in action, was not the mass
movement it is commonly mooted as, but one of the middle class, even the upper middle class. In the
context of 19th century Philippines, these men were highly educated and socially mobile. They were
critically thinking, well read, and (in some cases) well traveled individuals who conceptualized a new
Philippines. One founded on egalitarianism, even while recognizing that social differences will exist.

Of course the Katipunan was not the only organization working towards independence. They built on
the ideological and political foundation constructed by men and women who sacrificed much for their
dreams of independence. They were not an organization that sprung fully formed from among the masa,
nor were they an organization that operated independently of contemporaries and predecessors.

The actual lessons of the Revolution, the hard work of reformism, the need to define politically and
ideologically end goals, the paramount urgency of education and inculcating broader values, is ignored
in favor of the Adoration of Revolt, the Cult of the Revolutionary, the Primacy of Personality. I would
argue that our misunderstanding of the 19th century feeds directly into some of the public factionalism
and fracturing we witness today. What is in interesting is when studying the works of Emilio Jacinto,
Apolinario Mabini, Marcelo H del Pilar, and (most importantly) Jose Rizal, we discover exhortations
towards intellectualism, not just militancy and violence. In many cases, such as with Rizal, he pushes the
need to change the way Filipinos critically think and engage with issues before armed revolt. It is a
distinction that is either glossed over or outright ignored in many of today’s texts. These men were
intellectual giants who espoused a new understanding citizenship and engagement that eludes us still.
The shame is they understood that lasting change takes place in the hearts and minds of men first, and
what they subsequently build after. Not in spontaneous displays of strength of arms, the might of the
sword, and the fleeting nature of purely personality based revolutionary action. We seemingly favor the
latter, while forgetting the former.

There are clear connections between the Revolution, the Katipunan, the Reformist Movement, the
events in 1872, the Assembly of Reformists in 1863, the Carlist Movement in Spain, the Latin American
revolutions, the Mutiny of 1823, the socio-economic reforms of Jose Basco y Vargas, the economic
explosion of the 19th century, and even the British Invasion. The connections stretch back even to the
decision in the Manila Synod of 1582 to retain local languages. Context is key, it is critical whether
looking at history or contemporary issues.

And it also teaches patience. Understanding context helps explain the hows and whys of developments
on a local and national level. Ignoring context breeds contempt and impatience for the need to build
movements and institutions. Ignoring context is counter-productive to building stability and
contemporary unity. It means we look for shortcuts, we seek the paths of least resistance. We reach for
revolt without understanding the importance of reform. And yes, it means we see personality as the
solution to solving issues, instead of interrogating issues and offering cooperative policy and
institutional based options.

Understanding the importance of historical and contemporary context, maintaining that level of
intellectual rigor, also allows for disparate ideas to be held by individuals and organizations. ‘Unity’ does
not mean homogeneity in thought and belief. That is imperialism and elitism, fascism and tribalism,
masquerading as egalitarianism.

One of the most bothersome and debilitating aspects of contemporary Philippines discourse is our out
of hand dismissal of any who hold ideas that differ from ours. It speaks to shallowness: The shallowness
with which we understand issues and the concurrent shallowness in engaging issues. Far too often we
deploy ultimatums in place of discussion.

There is almost always an implicit yearning for a resurgence in public intellectualism whenever I write. A
desire for an improvement in how we engage each other in discussion. It is a tacit reaction to out of
hand dismissals; to branding any who disagree with you as a troll or deploying ad hominem attacks and
ultimatums. Quality of thought is not demonstrated through the ease of dismissal, but the depth of
discourse. Admittedly, I fall into that trap as well. There is a seductive ease in deploying agit-prop and
vilifying people who disagree with you. To outright dismissals of differing ideas. Sometimes it is
necessary, sometimes it is understandable and appropriate (especially when engaging with pure
propagandists). Then again, there is a difference between people who are willing to engage, and those
are focused solely on agitating and inflaming. There is a balancing act in understanding with whom you
can engage and with whom you cannot, but a willingness to try is necessary at the onset. So yes, it is a
continuing and on-going struggle: The interrogation of assumptions, the willingness to critically engage
in terms of methodology and ideology. In other words, to echo Jacinto, the attempt to adhere to true
Reason.
Maybe that is the the enduring lesson and challenge of the Kartilya and Katipunan, of the Revolution
and Republic, of Rizal, of Aguinaldo and Bonifacio. The intriguing idea that we have to evolve past
resorting consistently to superficially structured armed revolt and uprising, of militancy, intransigency,
and violence, but learn to seek higher ideals of Reason, and Right and Light, and utilize them in favor of a
greater purpose, dedicated to an enlightened concept of Filipinas.

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Andres Bonifacio’s Decalogue, and the Kartilya ng Katipunan

Sometime in 1896, Andres Bonifacio, the father of the Philippine Revolution, and once the President of
the Supreme Council of the Katipunan, penned the Duties of the Sons of the People, a list of the duties
and responsibilities to be followed strictly by every member of the organization. The rules constituted a
decalogue, and embodied Bonifacio’s passionate beliefs.

In admiration of Emilio Jacinto’s literary style, Bonifacio would later adopt Jacinto’s Kartilya as the
official teachings of the Katipunan. Similar to the Decalogue, the Kartilya was written to introduce new
recruits to the principles and values that should guide every member of the organization.

In the lead-up to the sesquicentennial of Andres Bonifacio’s birth, the Presidential Museum and Library
shares Bonifacio’s Decalogue, a reminder of the nation’s inherent solidarity and of our people’s
strength—a reminder rendered timeless as we begin rebuilding in the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda.

From the official program for the inauguration of the Bonifacio Monument in 1933.

http://malacanang.gov.ph/7013-andres-bonifacios-decalogue-and-the-kartilya-ng-katipunan/

Emilio Jacinto y Dizon (December 15, 1875 – April 16, 1899) was a Filipino General during the Philippine
Revolution. He was one of the highest-ranking officer in the Philippine Revolution and was one of the
highest-ranking officers of the revolutionary society Kataas-taasan, Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng
mga Anak ng Bayan, or simply and more popularly called Katipunan, being a member of its Supreme
Council. He was elected Secretary of State for the Haring Bayang Katagalugan, a revolutionary
government established during the outbreak of hostilities. He is popularly known in Philippine history
textbooks as the Brains of the Katipunan while some contend he should be rightfully recognized as the
"Brains of the Revolution" (a title given to Apolinario Mabini). Jacinto was present in the so-called Cry of
Pugad Lawin (or Cry of Balintawak) with Andrés Bonifacio, the Supreme President of the Katipunan, and
others of its members which signaled the start of the Revolution against the Spanish colonial
government in the islands.

Emilio Jacinto

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Born

Emilio Jacinto y Dizon

15 December 1875

Tondo, Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines

Died

16 April 1899 (aged 23)

Magdalena, Laguna, Philippine Islands

Other names

"Pingkian", "Dimasilaw", "Ka Ilyong"

Alma mater

Colegio de San Juan de Letran

University of Santo Tomas

Spouse(s)

Catalina de Jesus with son Emilio Jacinto y De Jesus Jr. (1899)

Grave (Santa Maria Magdalena Parish Church of Magdalena -Magdalena, Laguna)

Old 20 peso bill that features Emilio Jacinto and Andres Bonifacio

Emilio Jacinto's New Monument In Magdalena Laguna unveiled last April 2017.

Biography Edit

Born in Manila, Jacinto was proficient both in Spanish and Tagalog. He attended San Juan de Letran
College, and later transferred to the University of Santo Tomas to study law. Manuel Quezon, Sergio
Osmeña and Juan Sumulong were classmates. He did not finish college and, at the age of 19, joined the
secret society called Katipunan. He became the advisor on fiscal matters and secretary to Andrés
Bonifacio. He was later known as Utak ng Katipunan. He and Bonifacio also befriended Apolinario Mabini
when they attempted to continue José Rizal's La Liga Filipina.

Jacinto also wrote for the Katipunan newspaper called Kalayaan. He wrote in the newspaper under the
pen name "Dimasilaw", and used the alias "Pingkian" in the Katipunan. Jacinto was the author of the
Kartilya ng Katipunan as well.

After Bonifacio's execution, Jacinto pressed on with the Katipunan's struggle. Like general Mariano
Álvarez, he refused to join the forces of general Emilio Aguinaldo, the leader of the Katipunan's Magdalo
faction. Jacinto lived in Laguna and also joined the militia fighting the Spaniards. Jacinto contracted
malaria and died on April 16, 1899 in Magdalena, Laguna.[1] His remains were initially buried in Santa
Cruz, Laguna, and were transferred to Manila North Cemetery a few years later.

He was married to Catalina de Jesus, who was pregnant at the time of his death.[2]

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Emilio Jacinto (December 15,1875 – April 16,1899)

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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.

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.

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Kartilya ng Katipunan (Katipunan Code of Ethics) – by Emilio Jacinto

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.)

1896 Katipunan seal_of (Punong Hukbo) Commander Emilio Jacinto

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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”.

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Bonifacio’s letter to Emilio Jacinto

The Rise of the Katipunan

Andres-Bonifacio_bolo-BayaniartWhen 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.

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“Defend the oppressed and fight the oppressor.” Emilio Jacinto

Author, Michael Charleston “Xiao” Chua, Assistant Professorial Lecturer of History of the De La Salle
University

English translation by Riko Rosete

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Getting to know Emilio Jacinto

Neni Sta. Romana Cruz

1 year ago

At the special morning ceremony to mark the 117th death anniversary of the revolutionary hero Emilio
Jacinto, former detained activist and now Laguna Rep. Benjamin C. Agarao Jr. lamented how little we
know of our Philippine heritage. This holds true, he said, especially concerning our heroes like Jacinto,
who we only remember from history classes by the epithet “Brains of the Katipunan.”

The municipality of Magdalena in Laguna has claimed Jacinto (Dec. 15, 1875-April 16, 1899) as one of its
own because although he was born in Tondo, it was in Magdalena where he died of malaria.

Jacinto first came to Laguna as the commander in chief of the Katipunan revolutionary forces in the
province, and even after the death of his close ally, Andres Bonifacio, he continued fighting the Spanish
colonizers. In a battle in nearby Majayjay, Jacinto was wounded and sought refuge in St. Mary
Magdalene Parish Church, the preserved stone-and-brick structure dating back to 1851-1871 in the
town plaza. The corner of the church where he lay is covered by glass but the years have not preserved
his bloodstains well. As National Artist Virgilio Almario says, “One must have faith to see ….”
“Peregrinasyong Jacinto” on April 17 was one of the literary events scheduled by the Komisyon sa
Wikang Filipino (KWF) chaired by Almario, who also chairs the National Commission on Culture and the
Arts (NCCA). Both organizations are the proponents of April as Buwan ng Panitikan, which was signed
into law in 2015 by then President Benigno Aquino III. The annual celebration is joined by the National
Book Development Board. And indeed, it was a personal pilgrimage for me to get to know Jacinto, about
whom there are conflicting stories, and the town where he died.

It was fitting that at the well-planned rites to unveil the prominently displayed, full-size sculpture of
Jacinto in the plaza, Mayor David D. Aventurado Jr. required the attendance of public school heads,
supervisors and teachers. Like the beautiful Julie Lluch sculpture of Francisco Balagtas in Bataan, this
likeness of Jacinto made by the Antipolo-based sculptor Priscillano Vicaldo Jr., who won in the
competition for it, is striking, highlighting the hero’s contributions to the Katipunan newspaper Kalayaan
(Freedom) under the pen name “Dimasilaw”: He stands tall and courageous, holding a feathered quill.
The document he is remembered for today is “Mga Aral ng Katipunan ng mga A.N.B.”

The installation of contemporary memorials of our heroes is commendable and happily continuing as
the KWF-NCCA endeavors to visit other provinces.

A must-stop on this pilgrimage was the public library that Mayor Aventurado built also in the plaza, a
most noteworthy project that we hope will survive changes in administration. It has no assigned
librarian and is presently managed by a former teacher, Sheryl Sierra. It is still not the ideal library as
there is no Philippine collection yet, but the latter is forthcoming, it is promised.

Speaking of reading and literacy, my optometrist Dr. Carmen Abesamis Dichoso reminds me that parents
and teachers frequently overlook the common factor that discourages readers: the basic fact of not
having clear vision and not having the facility to articulate this deficiency. She points out that this is
especially critical for persons with intellectual disabilities, like those with Down Syndrome. This is one of
the topics at the convention of the Optometric Association of the Philippines scheduled in Silliman
University on May 1-3. The keynote speaker is Dr. Sandra Stein Block, a pediatric optometrist from the
Illinois College of Optometry whose areas of interest include primary eye care for children and visual
problems of persons with disabilities. For information, call 09178228870 or 09173456489 or e-mail
natconoap@gmail.com.

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Statue of Emilio Jacinto at Mehan Garden, Manila. Ramon Velasquez via Wikimedia

by Kallie Szczepanski

Updated March 08, 2017

"Whether their skin be dark or white, all human persons are equal; one may be superior in knowledge,
in wealth, in beauty, but not in being more human." - Emilio Jacinto, Kartilya ng Katipunan.

Emilio Jacinto was an eloquent and brave young man, known as both the soul and the brain of the
Katipunan, Andres Bonifacio's revolutionary organization. In his short life, Jacinto helped to lead the
fight for Filipino independence from Spain. He laid out principles for the new government envisioned by
Bonifacio; in the end, however, neither man would survive to see the Spanish overthrown.

Early Life:

Not much is known about Emilio Jacinto's early life. We do know that he was born in Manila on
December 15, 1875, the son of a prominent merchant. Emilio received a good education, and was
fluent in both Tagalog and Spanish. He went to the San Juan de Letran College briefly. Deciding to study
law, he transferred to the University of Santo Tomas, where a future president of the Philippines,
Manuel Quezon, was among his classmates.

Jacinto was just 19 years old when news arrived that the Spanish had arrested his hero, Jose Rizal.
Galvanized, the young man left school and joined with Andres Bonifacio and others to form the
Katipunan, or "Highest and Most Respected Society of the Children of the Country." When the Spanish
executed Rizal on trumped-up charges in December of 1896, the Katipunan rallied its followers to war.
Revolution:

Emilio Jacinto served as the spokesperson for the Katipunan, as well as handling its finances. Andres
Bonifacio was not well-educated, so he deferred to his younger comrade on such matters. Jacinto wrote
for the official Katipunan newspaper, the Kalayaan. He also penned the official handbook of the
movement, called the Kartilya ng Katipunan. Despite his young age of just 21, Jacinto became a general
in the group's guerrilla army, taking an active role in the fight against the Spanish near Manila.

Unfortunately, Jacinto's friend and sponsor, Andres Bonifacio, had gotten into a heated rivalry with a
Katipunan leader from a wealthy family called Emilio Aguinaldo. Aguinaldo, who led the Magdalo
faction of Katipunan, rigged an election to have himself named president of the revolutionary
government. He then had Bonifacio arrested for treason. Aguinaldo ordered the May 10, 1897
execution of Bonifacio and his brother. The self-proclaimed president then approached Emilio Jacinto,
trying to recruit him to his branch of the organization, but Jacinto refused.

Emilio Jacinto lived and fought the Spanish in Magdalena, Laguna. He was seriously injured in a battle at
the Maimpis River in February of 1898, but found refuge in the Santa Maria Magdalena Parish Church,
which now boasts a marker noting the event.

Although he survived this wound, the young revolutionary would not live for much longer. He died on
April 16, 1898, of malaria. General Emilio Jacinto was just 23 years old.

His life was marked with tragedy and loss, but Emilio Jacinto's enlightened ideas helped to shape the
Philippine Revolution. His eloquent words and humanist touch served as a counter-balance to the blunt
ruthlessness of revolutionaries such as Emilio Aguinaldo, who would go on to become the first president
of the new Republic of the Philippines.

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Katipunero: Emilio Jacinto. The “Brains of the Katipunan.” (15 December 1875 – 16 April 1899).
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Katipunero: Emilio Jacinto. Revolutionary and writer.

Emilio Jacinto y Dizon was considered as one of the greatest military genius during his time. He was very
close to Andres Bonifacio. Like Bonifacio, Emilio also comes from a poor family. He was born in Trozo,
Manila on December 15,1875. His parents were Mariano Jacinto and Josefa Dizon.

Despite being orphaned, he managed to send himself to Colegio de San Juan de Letran. He was also able
to study law at the University of Santo Tomas although he was not able to finish it because his Spanish
classmates often abused him.

Emilio was only 19 when he joined the Katipunan. He was known as the brains of the Katipunan when it
comes to military matters. His book entitled Kartilya was the one used by the Katipuneros as their guide
in fighting the Spanish colonizers. It contained the constitution and by-laws ofthe Katipunan.

Reading books was one of Emilio’s greatest passions. One of his favorite books was the one about the
French Revolution. He also has in his collection a book on how to make gunpowder and dynamite. He
also learned quite a few things about the art of war, military strategies and ways of making weapons of
war.

Emilio Jacinto – Utak ng Katipunan

Si Emilio Jacinto ay anak nila Mariano Jacinto at Josefa Dizon. Namatay agad ang kanyang ama ilang
sandali lamang matapos na siya ay isilang na nagtulak sa kanyang ina na ipaampon si Emilio sa kanyang
tiyuhin na si Don Jose Dizon upang magkaroon ng magandang buhay.

Si Emilio ay bihasa sa pagsasalita ng Tagalog at Kastila pero mas gusto niya ang Kastila. Siya ay nag-aral
sa Kolehiyo ng San Juan de Letran at nang maglaon ay lumipat sa Pamantasan ng Sto. Tomas para mag-
aral ng batas. Hindi niya natapos ang kurso at sa edad na 20 ay sumapi siya sa isang sikretong samahan
na ang pangalan ay Katipunan.

Nang mamatay si Bonifacio, ipinagpatuloy ni Jacinto ang paglaban sa mga Kastila bagamat hindi siya
sumali sa puwersa ni Aguinaldo. Namatay si Emilio Jacinto sa sakit na malaria noong Abril 16, 1899 sa
Majayjay, Laguna sa edad na 23.

Dr. Jose Rizal and Marcelo H. Del Pilar inspired him to be a good writer during his time. He used Dimes
Haw as his pen name. He also wrote A la Patria, which he based from Dr. Jose Rizal’s Mi Ultimo Adios.

He was seriously injured in one bloody encounter that resulted to his death on April 16,1899 in Majayjay,
Laguna at a young age of 24.

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Known as the “Brains of the Katipunan”, Emilio Jacinto was born in Trozo, Tondo, Manila, on Dec
15,1875. He was the son of Mariano Jacinto and Josefa Dizon. He was fluent in both Spanish and Tagalog,
but he spoke more in Spanish. He studied in the Universidad de Santo Tomas, but did not finish college
and at 20 joined the Katipunan. Because he was very brilliant, he became the advisor on fiscal matters
and secretary to Andres Bonifacio. He also edited and wrote for the Katipunan newspaper “Kalayaan”–
Freedom in Tagalog. He wrote in the newspaper under the pen name Dimasilaw, and in the Katipunan
he was called Pingkian. Emilio Jacinto was the author of the Kartilya ng Katipunan. After Andres
Bonifacio’s death, he continued fighting the Spaniards.
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The appointment paper of Emilio Jacinto as commander-in-chief of the revolutionary forces north of
Manila, signed by Andres Bonifacio as “Pangulo ng Haring Bayang Katagalugan.” The letterhead cites
Bonifacio as having founded the Katipunan and initiated the revolution. (ENE Collection)

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Si Emilio Jacinto y Dizon (Disyembre 15, 1875 - Abril 16, 1899), ay isang Heneral ng Pilipinas sa panahon
ng Rebolusyong Pilipino. Isa siya sa mga pinakamataas na opisyal ng Rebolusyong Pilipino at isa sa
pinakamataas na opisyal ng rebolusyonaryong lipunan ng Kataas-taasan, Kagalang-galangang Katipunan
ng mga Anak ng Bayan o mas kilala sa tawag na Katipunan. Siya ay inihalal na Kalihim ng Estado para sa
Haring Bayang Katagalugan, isang rebolusyonaryong gubyerno na itinatag noong sumiklab ang mga
labanan. Kilala siya sa mga aklat-aralin sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas bilang Utak ng Katipunan habang ang
ilan ay nakikipaglaban na dapat siyang makilala bilang "Utak ng Rebolusyon" (isang pamagat na ibinigay
kay Apolinario Mabini). Si Jacinto ay nasa Sigaw ng Balintawak kasama si Andres Bonifacio, ang Kataas-
taasang Pangulo ng Katipunan, at iba pang mga miyembro nito na nagpahiwatig ng pagsisimula ng
Rebolusyon laban sa kolonyal na pamahalaan ng Espanya sa mga isla.

Ipinanganak sa Maynila, si Jacinto ay mahusay sa parehong Espanyol at Tagalog. Nag-aral siya sa Colegio
de San Juan de Letran, at sa kalaunan ay lumipat sa Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas upang mag-aral ng
abogasiya. Si Manuel Quezon, Sergio Osmeña at Juan Sumulong ay kanyang mga kamag-aral. Hindi siya
nakapagtapos ng kolehiyo at, sa edad na 19, sumali sa lihim na lipunan na tinatawag na Katipunan.
Naging tagapayo siya sa mga usaping pampiskalya at kalihim ni Andrés Bonifacio. Sa kalaunan ay kinilala
siya bilang Utak ng Katipunan. Siya at si Bonifacio ay nakipagkaibigan rin kay Apolinario Mabini nang
sinubukan nilang ipagpatuloy ang La Liga Filipina ni Jose Rizal.
Sumulat din si Jacinto para sa pahayagang Katipunan na tinatawag na Kalayaan. Nagsulat siya sa
pahayagan sa ilalim ng pangalan na 'Dimasilaw', at ginamit ang alyas 'Pingkian' sa Katipunan. Si Jacinto
ang may-akda rin ng Kartilya ng Katipunan.

Matapos ang pagpapapatay kay Bonifacio, pinilit ni Jacinto ang pakikibaka ng Katipunan. Tulad ni
Heneral Mariano Álvarez, tumanggi siyang sumali sa mga pwersa ni Heneral Emilio Aguinaldo, ang
pinuno ng pangkat ng Magdalo ng Katipunan. Si Jacinto ay nanirahan sa Laguna at sumali rin sa milisya
na nakikipaglaban sa mga Espanyol. Si Jacinto ay namatay sa sakit na malaria sa Magdalena, Laguna, sa
edad na 23. Ang kanyang labi ay inilibing sa Santa Cruz, Laguna, at inilipat sa Manila North Cemetery
ilang taon na ang lumipas.

Siya ay kasal kay Catalina de Jesus, na buntis sa panahon ng siya'y namatay.

Pagkilala

Noong dekada 1970, ang mga labi ni Jacinto ay inilipat at inihimlay sa Himlayang Pilipino Memorial Park
sa Quezon City. Sa dambana ay makikita ang isang tansong iskultura ng isang palabang Jacinto na
nakasakay sa isang kabayo sa panahon ng kanyang pagiging isang rebolusyonaryo. Ang isa pang rebulto
ni Jacinto ay matatagpuan sa Mehan Garden.

Ang wangis ni Jacinto ay ginamit upang maitampok sa lumang 20 pesong papel na ginamit mula 1949
hanggang 1969, at sa lumang 20 sentimos na barya.

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Jacinto

Emilio Jacinto aka the “Brains of the Katipunan” is referred to as the hero of the Philippine Revolution.
Emilio joined the Katipunan secret society at twenty years of age. The Katipunan was a
Emilio Jacinto

Emilio Jacinto

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Philippine revolutionary society founded by anti-Spanish Filipinos in Manila in 1892, which aimed
primarily to gain independence from Spain through revolution. Emilio went against his family when he
joined the secret society in the hopes of contributing to end the injustice suffered by Filipinos at the
hands of the Spanish.

Early Life

Emilio was born December 15, 1875 in Trozo,Tondo, Manila, to father Mariano Jacinto and mother
Josefa Dizon. Emilio grew up without his father since he died when Emilio was just an infant. Emilio was
raised by his mother and his uncle Don José Dizon.

Emilio’s linguistics included Spanish and Tagalog and though he preferred to speak Spanish he was a
prolific writer in Tagalog. Emilio attended San Juan de Letran College, and continued his law studies at
the University of Santo Tomas before dropping out at the age of eighteen to join the Katipunan.

The Katipunan

In 1893 Emilio and his cousin were initiated into the Katipunan in the home of Don Restituto Javier.
When Emilio became a member of the Katipunan he served as fiscal adviser and secretary to its founder
and leader Andrés Bonifacio (Supremo of the Katipunan). He was known in the Katipunan as Pingkian
and was referred to as the “Brains of the Katipunan” because of the many documents that he had
prepared which included the constitution.

Emilio wrote for the newspaper called Kalayaan under the pen-name Dimasilaw; he wrote poetry,
manifestos, statutes and most of the articles and editorials of the newspaper. He authored the first
edition of the Kartilya ng Katipunan, a guidebook to the Katipunan’s rules and principles which was
publicized in 1896. Included in its teachings were: “A life that is not dedicated to a noble cause is like a
tree without a shade or a poisonous weed”, “Defend the oppressed and fight the oppressor”, and “True
piety consists of being charitable, loving one’s fellow men, and being judicious in behavior, speech and
deed”.

Emilio was also noted as a close friend to Bonifacio, he supported him and his Katipunan comrades to
the best of his ability. He also headed the Katipunan delegation to a Japanese admiral to whom they
handed a memorial to the Emperor of Japan seeking, in lyrical language, his support. He was the sole
adviser of the Katipunan’s Supreme Council, later the general in charge of the army of the North, a
knowledgeable supplier of firearms, ammunition, even bows and arrows, and musical compositions.

With the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution in 1896, Emilio became the commander-in-chief of the
revolutionary forces in Laguna and after Bonifacio’s death; Jacinto continued fighting the Spaniards but
refused to join the forces of General Emilio Aguinaldo.

In April 1899 during a battle in Mahayhay, Laguna, Emilio was wounded in the thigh, captured by
Spanish troops. He died in prison, of his wounds. Bonifacio always called him “the soul of the Katipunan”.
Generations of Filipino university students have made Emilio Jacinto their inspiration and patron saint.

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The Katipunan

Kartilya ng Katipunan

Decalogue of the Katipunan

Supreme Councils

Kalayaan

Flags of the Katipunan

Cry of Pugadlawin

First Shots

Tejeros Convention

The Naik Military Agreement See Also:

Katipunan: Documents and Studies

The failure of the reform movement was already evident in 1892 when Rizal was arrested and banished
to Dapitan. Yet the more hopeful among the middle class still hung on to the conviction that they could
soften the heart of mother Spain into granting the reforms demanded. It is for this reason that the
reform movement continued for four more years or until 1896 when the masses, led by Andres
Bonifacio, were forced to take to the field against the Spaniards. Andres Bonifacio, a man of scanty
education but nevertheless highly intelligent, founded the Katipunan on the very night that the news of
Rizal's deportation to Dapitan leaked out. Unlike the members of the middle class, Bonifacio and his
plebeian associates did not dream of mere reforms. They were interested in liberating the country from
the tyranny of the Spaniards, and the only way, to their minds, to accomplish their end was to prepare
the people for an armed conflict. Thus the Katipunan was founded on a radical platform, namely, to
secure the independence and freedom of the Philippines by force of arms.

The Founding of the Katipunan

The news of Rizal's deportation shocked and surprised the people, for Rizal to them was the symbol of
freedom. That night of July 7, 1892, Andres Bonifacio, Valentin Diaz, Teodoro Plata, Ladislao Diwa,
Deodato Arellano and a few others, met secretly at a house on Azcarraga (now Claro M. Recto Avenue),
near Elcano Street, Tondo, and decided to form a new association called Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalang
na Katipunan nang manga Anak ng Bayan or Katipunan for short. The men gathered around a flickering
table lamp, performed the ancient blood compact, and signed their membership papers with their own
blood. It was agreed to win more members to the society by means of the triangle method in which an
original member would take in two new members who did not know each other, but knew only the
original member who took them in. Thus, original member A, for instance, would take in new members
B and C. Both B and C knew A, but B and C did not know each other. Also agreed upon during the
meeting was the payment of an entrance fee of one real fuerte(twenty-five centavos) and a monthly
due of a media real (about twelve centavos).

The Katipunan Objectives

Under the leadership of Bonifacio, the Katipunan laid down three fundamental objectives or aims:
political, moral and civic. The political objectives consisted in working for the separation of the
Philippines from Spain. The moral objective revolved about around the teaching of good manners,
hygiene, good morals, and attacking obscurantism, religious fanaticism, and weakness of character. The
civic aim revolved around the principle of self-help and the defense of the poor and the oppressed. All
members were urged to come to the aid of the sick comrades and their families, and in case of death
the society itself was to pay for the funeral expenses. For the purpose of economy however, the society
saw to it that the funeral was of the simplest kind, avoiding unnecessary expenses so common under the
rule of the friars.
Emilio Jacinto, “Sa Bayang tinubuan,” undated

Source: Archivo General Militar de Madrid: Caja 5677, leg.1.96

This poem is in the handwriting of Jacinto, but is unsigned and undated. It might be one of the
contributions he wrote around April 1896 for the second issue of Kalayaan, whose publication had to be
aborted.

Jacinto calls upon his enslaved compatriots to emulate the example of their brothers in Cuba, who after
long years of docility had at last come to life and rebelled.

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Tagalog text

Sa Bayang tinubuan

¡ Oh, Bayang nahimlay sa kaalipinan!

¿ ano’t di bumangun sa pagkagulaylay?

bugsi [?] iyang mo’t kusa kang pumukaw,

masdan ang pagayop ng Inang hinirang.

Iyang nangalandakan na Inang España,

maraming pangakong pagyayamanin ka,

tatlong dang taun ang nakaraus na,

magpahanga ngayon ay dinadaya pa.

Matamis na sabi’y huag kang mawiwili,

lalung mararawal ang buhay sa huli,

dusang patung patung ang ibabahagi

sa tanang anak mong larawan ng api.

Masdan ang ginawa kapatid mong isa,

sa masusunurin nga at payapang Cuba,

¿ di ang naging huli binigian ng sigla?

kaya’t naghiganti buhay ma’y mapaka.

¿ Ano’t di balungan ng kamunting hiya,

matutong magdamdam sa pasan mong dalita

[?]ng mo pa yatang mamatay sa pula,

na sa itangol mo ang anak na mutiya.

¿ Di baga mayroon kang kalakasa’t tapang?

lupa mo’y ¿ di baga sagana sa yaman?

¿ bakit di iwaksi ang parusang alay,

ihanap ng aliw iyang kabuhayan?

¿ Di baga mayroon kang malalaking bundok,

na panganganlungan sa pakikihamok,

sagana sa ani’t sagana sa hayop?

di nga magugutom, di madadayukdok.

¿ Bakit naruruag at nagbabata ka,

na sa iyo’y ipatung tanikalang dusa?

di ikaw may pakpak na gaya ng Aguila,

¿ ano’t di gamitin ang dahas at sigla?

Ang akalain mo’y kapaguagpabaya,

cusang manatili sa pagkapayapa,

darating ang araw ng lalung dalita,

na iyong kakanin ang sariling luha.

Ang mga sakup mo’y lalung lulupigin

yuta yutang dusa ang iyong papasanin,

ang anak mo’t ikaw pawang malalagim

sa daguk ng lubhang dahas ng hilahil.

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The Katipunan Ideology

" A nation is born into freedom on the day when such a people, moulded into a nation by a process of
cultural evolution and sense of oneness born of common struggle and suffering, announces to the world
that it asserts its natural right to liberty and is ready to defend it with blood, life, and honor."

Diosdado Macapagal, former president of the Philippines

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 When President Diosdado Macapagal signed Proclamation No. 28 in 1962 declaring June 12 as
Independence Day, (replacing July 4) public attention suddenly shifted to the significance of the 1896
revolution. This revolution was not spontaneous; rather, the high point of a long struggle, punctuated
by numerous but unsuccessful uprisings, until national consciousness was fully awakened by the public
execution of Filipino priests, Gomes, Burgos and Zamora (Gomburza) in the aftermath of the Cavite
Mutiny of 1872. Believed to be innocent, their death caused intense hatred of the Spanish friars and
the emergence of Filipino activists like Marcelo del Pilar and Graciano Lopez Jaena, whose work
continued even as they fled to Spain to escape persecution. From Madrid was waged a pro-Filipino
campaign for colonial reforms until worsening social conditions and unabated oppression bred a
separatist movement that was the Katipunan.

The Katipunan was for a long time, best remembered by school children in Gregorio F. Zaide’s
history textbook, for the so-called August 26, 1896 Cry of Balintawak—made momentous and dramatic
by the mass tearing of cedulas personal. Other historians like Teodoro Agoncillo, later challenged this
claim (his version was August 23, 1896 at Pugad Lawin), and soon, as other accounts surfaced, the date
and place of its actual occurrence became a national controversy.

But the Katipunan was not just a cry for freedom. It was a national aspiration made flesh. It caught
the passion of ordinary people, willing to stake their lives and overcome the dread of reprisals; believing
that worse fate awaited their families if they did not stand up to face their oppressors. It was a secret
society that had a formal hierarchy composed of a supreme council and local councils, and a ritual of
membership often mistaken for Masonry. Moreover, it had an ideology embodied in its Ang Kartilya ng
Katipunan, authored by Emilio Jacinto.

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It was Andres Bonifacio who first formulated a code of conduct and to whom the Dekalogo ng
Katipunan was attributed. But it was not published; instead, it was said that upon reading the Kartilya
drafted by Jacinto, Bonifacio decided that it was superior to his Dekalogo, and adopted it as the official
primer of the Katipunan. Emilio Jacinto, then became the chief theoretician and adviser of Bonifacio and
later earned for him the title Brains of the Katipunan. Joining the Katipunan in 1894, he was the
youngest member and nicknamed, according to historian Dr Isagani R. Medina (1992), Emiliong Bata to
distinguish him from Emiliong Matanda, or Emilio Aguinaldo.

The Dekalogo had only ten points and dealt primarily with one’s duties to God, country, family,
neighbor, the Katipunan and himself. It spoke of honor, charity and self-sacrifice but warned of penalty
to the traitor and disobedient.

The Kartilya was longer, more literary and philosophical. It presented its concept of virtuous living as
lessons for self reflection, rather than as direct prescriptions. It asserted that it was the internal, not the
external qualifications that make human greatness. In the third statement, Jacinto defined true piety
(kabanalan) as charity, love for one another, and actions, deeds and speech guided by judicious reasons
(“talagang katuiran”, literally, true reason). Written more than a hundred years ago at a time when the
idea of nationhood was still a dream, the Kartilya reflected a vision, “bright sun of freedom in the
islands, spreading its light upon brothers and a race united.”

The Kartilya can be better appreciated in its original Tagalog form because its essence was expressed
using Tagalog syntax. It should also be appreciated within the context of the social and political
environment of that colonial era, amid local traditions, spiritual beliefs, family concepts and ethnic
diversity.

In an article of the quarterly Sulyap Kultura (1996, National Commission for Culture and the Arts,)
author Ed Aurelio Reyes cited Virgilio S. Almario, (2003 national artist for literature) from the latter’s
book, Panitikan ng Rebolusyong 1896. According to Reyes, Almario described three distinct sources of
the Katipunan’s philosophy or ideology: the Propaganda Movement, the great wealth of pre-colonial
indigenous folklore, and the protest Christianity represented by the protest “Pasyon” and such proto-
nationalist movements as Hermano Pule’s (Apolinario de la Cruz, 1815-1841) Cofraida de San Jose and
the kapatiran-type (brotherhood) community organization around Mt Banahaw, San Cristobal and
Makiling. The reference sources of the Kartilya included the French Revolution’s “Rights of Man and the
Citizen” (predecessor of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights), which Jose Rizal reportedly
translated into “Mga Karapatan ng Tawo (Tao)” and was circulated in the Philippines shortly before the
founding of the Katipunan. Other sources included passages from the protest “Pasyon,”and elements
from indigenous practices and bonds of kinship.

Instead of simply reproducing Karapatan ng Tawo, Jacinto and Bonifacio adapted and changed it in
order that it may be implanted more deeply into the minds and hearts of Katipunan followers.

Emilio Jacinto

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Emilio Jacinto was a nineteen year old law student at the University of Santo Tomas when he joined the
Katipunan in 1894. He could have been a brilliant lawyer like Apolinario Mabini but his schooling was
cut short when he committed himself fully to the ideals and work of the movement. He was the
nephew of Jose Dizon one of the founders of the Katipunan. He was born in Trozo, on December 15,
1875 to Mariano Jacinto and Josefa Dizon. When his father died, his mother a midwife, worked hard to
support his studies until later, he lived with his uncle, Jose Dizon, who enrolled him at the Colegio de
San Juan de Letran in Intramuros. He then transferred to the University of Santo Tomas to take up Law.

Jacinto became a close friend and adviser of Andres Bonifacio. He wrote the Kartilya ng Katipunan
which became not only a primer for members, but an ideology, embodying moral and nationalistic
principles. He was also a poet. He wrote literary pieces, the most famous of which was the patriotic A
La Patria, in October, 1897, signed Dimas-ilaw. It was inspired by Jose Rizal’s Mi Ultimo Adios.
 He edited the Katipunan revolutionary paper, Ang Kalayaan (Freedom) and wrote Pahayag or
Manifesto which appeared in its only issue. The paper held office at the house occupied by Dr. Pio
Valenzuela in Calle Lavezares, San Nicolas, Binondo. The first and only issue of Ang Kalayaan though
dated January, was released in March 1896. To mislead the authorities, the paper was datelined
Yokohama and its editor was listed as Marcelo H. Pilar. But the ruse was not only in the editorial box;
Jacinto used a writing style remarkably similar to the style and language of del Pilar.

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Click to read:

Emilio Jacinto Jacinto: Kartilya ng Katipunan

Andres Bonifacio: Dekalogo

Related readings:

In Search of the Essence of the Filipino Mason

Apolinario Mabini's "The True Decalogue" [Archives, April 2011]

Masonic Moral Code. [Archives, February 2011]

http://www.philippinemasonry.org/the-katipunan-ideology.html

Mga Kaisipan ni Emilio Jacinto

Tinaguriang “Utak ng Katipunan” si Emilio Jacinto dahil sa

natatangi niyang tungkulin sa Katipunan—naging

tagapayo at kasama siya ni Andres Bonifacio—at dahil din

sa kanyang mga akdang naghubog sa mga pagpapahalaga

at kaisipan ng Katipunan. Labing-walong taong gulang

lamang siya nang sumapi sa Katipunan ngunit sa kabila ng

batang edad, naging napakahalaga ang kanyang

ginampanan sa kilusan.

Isa sa mga akda ni Jacinto ay ang Kartilya ng Katipunan,

ang mga aral ng kapatiran na nagbigay diin sa

kahalagahan ng kalayaan, pagkakapantay-pantay,

karapatan at pagsasamahan.

Kasama ring itinuro ng Kartilya ang pagmamahal sa bayan

at kapwa at ang pagpapahalaga sa dangal at kabutihang

loob.

Si Jacinto Bilang Katipunero

Bilang bayani, madalas nang ipakilala si Jacinto bilang

“Utak ng Katipunan.” Sa ganitong pagpapakilala, madalas

na nabibigyang-diin ang kanyang pagiging palaisip at

tagapaghubog ng mga ideya ng kilusan. Naipamalas niya

ito sa kanyang mga akda katulad ng “Liwanag at Dilim” at

sa pagigiging patnugot ng pahayagan ng Katipunan.

Bukod sa mahalagang kontribusyong ito, may mga

karagdagang papel si Jacinto sa himagsikan. Kabilang dito

ang kanyang kalauna’y pagiging kalihim ng Katipunan,

tagapayo ng supremong si Andres Bonifacio, at gayundin

isang matapang na mandirigmang lumaban sa larangan.

Bago pa man maging pormal na kalihim ng Katipunan, si

Jacinto ang isa na sa mga pinagkakatiwalaan ng

supremong si Andres Bonifacio. Sa posisyong ito, naging

malaki ang ambag ni Jacinto sa organisasyon ng

Katipunan. Madalas siya ang nagsusulat at nagpapadala

ng mga panawagan para sa mga pulong ng kilusan. Siya rin

ang nagtatala ng mga napag-usapan sa mga

isinasagawang pulong.

Si Jacinto Bilang Katipunero

Bilang bayani, madalas nang ipakilala si Jacinto bilang

“Utak ng Katipunan.” Sa ganitong pagpapakilala, madalas

na nabibigyang-diin ang kanyang pagiging palaisip at

tagapaghubog ng mga ideya ng kilusan. Naipamalas niya

ito sa kanyang mga akda katulad ng “Liwanag at Dilim” at

sa pagigiging patnugot ng pahayagan ng Katipunan.

Bukod sa mahalagang kontribusyong ito, may mga

karagdagang papel si Jacinto sa himagsikan. Kabilang dito

ang kanyang kalauna’y pagiging kalihim ng Katipunan,

tagapayo ng supremong si Andres Bonifacio, at gayundin

isang matapang na mandirigmang lumaban sa larangan.

Bago pa man maging pormal na kalihim ng Katipunan, si

Jacinto ang isa na sa mga pinagkakatiwalaan ng

supremong si Andres Bonifacio. Sa posisyong ito, naging

malaki ang ambag ni Jacinto sa organisasyon ng

Katipunan. Madalas siya ang nagsusulat at nagpapadala

ng mga panawagan para sa mga pulong ng kilusan. Siya rin

ang nagtatala ng mga napag-usapan sa mga

isinasagawang pulong.

Bilang pinagkakatiwalaang kaibigan, naging malapit na

tagapayo ni Bonifacio si Jacinto. Sa maraming

pagkakataon, sinangguni ng Supremo si Jacinto bago pa

man niya isakatuparan ang isang desisyon. Gayundin, si

Jacinto ay nagsilbing hingahan ng ilang sama ng loob ng

Supremo sa mga panahong nagkakaroon ng suliranin sa

kilusan.

Si Jacinto Bilang Katipunero

Bilang bayani, madalas nang ipakilala si Jacinto bilang

“Utak ng Katipunan.” Sa ganitong pagpapakilala, madalas

na nabibigyang-diin ang kanyang pagiging palaisip at

tagapaghubog ng mga ideya ng kilusan. Naipamalas niya

ito sa kanyang mga akda katulad ng “Liwanag at Dilim” at

sa pagigiging patnugot ng pahayagan ng Katipunan.

Bukod sa mahalagang kontribusyong ito, may mga

karagdagang papel si Jacinto sa himagsikan. Kabilang dito

ang kanyang kalauna’y pagiging kalihim ng Katipunan,

tagapayo ng supremong si Andres Bonifacio, at gayundin

isang matapang na mandirigmang lumaban sa larangan.

Bago pa man maging pormal na kalihim ng Katipunan, si

Jacinto ang isa na sa mga pinagkakatiwalaan ng

supremong si Andres Bonifacio. Sa posisyong ito, naging

malaki ang ambag ni Jacinto sa organisasyon ng

Katipunan. Madalas siya ang nagsusulat at nagpapadala

ng mga panawagan para sa mga pulong ng kilusan. Siya rin

ang nagtatala ng mga napag-usapan sa mga

isinasagawang pulong.

Bilang pinagkakatiwalaang kaibigan, naging malapit na

tagapayo ni Bonifacio si Jacinto. Sa maraming

pagkakataon, sinangguni ng Supremo si Jacinto bago pa

man niya isakatuparan ang isang desisyon. Gayundin, si

Jacinto ay nagsilbing hingahan ng ilang sama ng loob ng

Supremo sa mga panahong nagkakaroon ng suliranin sa

kilusan.

Bukod pa sa kanyang ambag sa samahan ng Katipunan,

nasaksihan rin ang malaking kontribusyon ni Jacinto sa

himagsikan bilang pinuno ng hukbo ng mga katipunero sa

kasagsagan ng mga labanan. Sa kabila ng kanyang batang

edad, ang kanyang talino at tapang ay naging daan upang

makuha niya ang respeto ng ibang katipunero sa labanan.

Si Bonifacio at Jacinto: Kasama at Kaibigan

"Anak ng Bayan" ang tawag sa mga katipunerong

naghangad na palayain ang Pilipinas, ang Inang Bayan,

mula sa Espanya. Ang bawat katipunero ay itinuring na

kapatid na kailangang damayan sa panahon ng kagipitan.

Kinilala ni Bonifacio ang talino ni Jacinto, na ngayo’y

tinataguriang “Utak ng Katipunan.” Bagama’t nagsulat din

si Bonifacio, mas pinili niya ang Kartilya na ginawa ni

Jacinto at inilimbag ito sa pahayagang Kalayaan. Nagsilbi

ring tagapayo ni Bonifacio ang batang si Jacinto sa lahat

ng usapin tulad ng taktika sa pagsalakay at paggawa ng

mga propaganda.
Si Bonifacio at Jacinto: Kasama at Kaibigan

"Anak ng Bayan" ang tawag sa mga katipunerong

naghangad na palayain ang Pilipinas, ang Inang Bayan,

mula sa Espanya. Ang bawat katipunero ay itinuring na

kapatid na kailangang damayan sa panahon ng kagipitan.

aralin 15 page 1 anak ng bayan

Pantay-pantay ang magkakapatid na katipunero sa

ikasusulong ng kalayaan at kaginhawaan ng bayan.

Isang mapagmahal na kapatid si Andres Bonifacio. Siya

ang sumuporta sa lima niyang kapatid nang mamatay ang

kanilang mga magulang. Itinuring din ng Supremo bilang

kapatid ang kapwa niyang mga katipunero, lalo na si

Emilio Jacinto.

Ang mga kapatid ni Andres ay sina Ciriaco, Procopio, Troadio, Espiridiona at Maxima.
emilo jacinto

Emilio Jacinto

15 Disyembre 1875 - 16 April 1899

Labingwalong taon lamang at nag-aaral ng abogasya sa

Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas si Emilio nang sumapi siya sa

Katipunan. Sa kabila ng labindalawang taong pagitan,

naging malapit sa isa’t isa sina Bonifacio at Jacinto.

“Emiliong Bata” ang tawag kay Jacinto ng mga kasama sa Katipunan. Ito ay upang matukoy siyang iba
kay Emilio Aguinaldo na tinawag namang “Emiliong Matanda.”

Ang pagkakalapit ng dalawa ay dulot ni Marina Dizon.

Pinsang buo ni Jacinto si Marina na isa sa mga unang

babaeng kasapi ng Katipunan. Naging tulay si Marina

upang magkakilala at mapalapit sina Bonifacio at Jacinto.

Marina Dizon

18 Hulyo 1875 - 25 Oktubre 1950

marina dizon
Ipinanganak si Marina Dizon kina Jose Dizon at Roberta Bartolome. Ang kanyang ama na si Jose ay isa sa
13 martir na pinatay sa Bagumbayan noong 1897.

Isa sa mga unang babaeng kasapi ng Katipunan si Marina. Nagsilbi siya bilang kalihim ng sangay ng
kababaihan sa Katipunan.

Namatay siya sa edad na 75.

Maliban dito, pareho ring mahilig magbasa sina Bonifacio

at Jacinto. Nabasa nila ang kasaysayan ng

Rebolusyong Pranses at iba pang mga sulatin tungkol sa

pakikipagdigma at kasaysayan.

Ang Rebolusyong Pranses ay naganap sa huling bahagi ng ika-18 dantaon (1789-1799). Sa pangunguna
ng mga pangkaraniwang mga mamamayan ng Pransiya, tulad ng mga magsasaka at manggagawa,
napabagsak ang monarkiya o ang pamumuno ng mga hari at reyna.

Kinilala ni Bonifacio ang talino ni Jacinto, na ngayo’y

tinataguriang “Utak ng Katipunan.” Bagama’t nagsulat din

si Bonifacio, mas pinili niya ang Kartilya na ginawa ni

Jacinto at inilimbag ito sa pahayagang Kalayaan. Nagsilbi

ring tagapayo ni Bonifacio ang batang si Jacinto sa lahat

ng usapin tulad ng taktika sa pagsalakay at paggawa ng

mga propaganda.

Kalayaan
Ito ang dyaryo na ginagamit ng Katipunan sa pagkalat ng kanilang impormasyon sa mga miyembro at
kapwa Pilipino.

Nilalaman nito ang mga aral at saloobin ng Katipunan gaya ng pagmamahal sa bayan at kapwa.

Si Jacinto rin ang pinagkatiwalaang manguna noong Mayo

1896 sa isang lupong nakipag-usap sa isang almiranteng

Hapon sa Maynila. Siya rin ang hinirang na mamuno sa

Camara secreta, isang sangay sa loob ng Katipunan na

naglayong litisin ang mga kasamang pinaghinalaang

nagtaksil sa kapatiran.

Gregoria de Jesus

From her autobiography

Emilio Jacinto

After staying about one week in Mr. Javier's house, we decided to look for a residence of our own and
we found one on Calle Anyahan in front of the San Ignacio Chapel, and after that I began to do all I could
for the propagation and growth of the Katipunan: K.K.K. ng mga A,N.B. (Kataastaasan Kagalanggalang
Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan). For this reason, almost all the belongings of the Katipunan, such as
revolvers, and other weapons, the seal and all the papers, were in my custody, since in those days,
Emilio Jacinto, the Secretary of the Katipunan, lived at our house.

He (Emilio Jacinto) was in charge also of the printing press used by the Katipunan and was the first to
print the Kartilla and the "Ten Commandments" that were drawn up by Andres and himself, who were
like brothers. Andres was the author of the first regulations of the Ten Commandments, Emilio Jacinto,
(the Kartilla) a later one , so that it could be truthfully said that Andres was the author of the idea, but
because of his affection for and in deference to Emilio Jacinto, the Kartilla written by the latter was
made to prevail and put into effect by the Katipuneros.

Loss of a Son
Time passed and after more than a year, I was about to become a mother. Andres Bonifacio temporarily
moved me to my parents' house where I had been born, and there too our eldest child saw the first light
of day, a boy whom we christened also Andres Bonifacio and whose godfather was Pio Valenzuela. After
two months, I returned to Manila, and before the end of the year we were victims of a fire on
Dulongbayan which occurred on Maundy Thursday, 1896, at 3:00 p.m., and caused us endless trouble.
We were forced to move from one house to another until a sad event overtook us at the house of Pio
Valenzuela, on Calle Lavezares, Binondo, where our child died. In this house we lived for a while, then
we moved to Calle Magdalena, Trozo. By this time, the Spanish government had tightened its vigilance
over the Katipunan.

Punishment in the Katipunan

As I remember it, the punishment given those who failed to obey the precepts of the Katipunan, for
example, those who committed adultery, was to summon them immediately as soon as their guilt
became known, and instead of punishing them, immediately the following admonition was read to them:
"If you don't want your mother, wife, or sister abused, you should likewise refrain from abusing those of
others, for such offense is fully worth three lives. Therefore, bear in mind always that you should never
do to others what you do not want done an honorable son of the country.

wrote the "Kartilla", considered the 'bible' of the Katipunan movement?

Jacinto was the adviser on fiscal matters and secretary to Andrés Bonifacio, the leader of the Katipunan
movement. The primer he wrote consisted of 13 teachings which the members of the (Katipunan) were
expected to follow. "A life that is not dedicated to a noble cause is like a tree without a shade or a
poisonous weed" was one of the 13 teachings. Jacinto was also the editor of the Katipunan newspaper
called "Kalayaan", which translates to "Freedom".

KARTILYA NG KATIPUNAN (english version) – by Emilio Jacinto

(with AlterNation Footnotes)

The life that is not spent in the service of a great and noble cause is like a tree without a shade, or like a
poisonous

weed.
The good work that is done out of self-interest and not for its own sake has no merit.

True piety consists in doing good to others, in loving one’s neighbor and in making right reason the rule
for every action, work and word.

All men are equal whether the color of their skin be white or black. One man may surpass another in
wisdom, wealth or beauty, but

not in that which makes him a man. (1)

The magnanimous man puts honor before self-interest; the mean-spirited man, self-interest before
honor.

The word of a man of sensibility is as good as an oath.

Do not squander time, for wealth lost may be recovered, but time that has passed you by will not come
your way again.

Champion the oppressed and defy the oppressor.

An intelligent person is one who is careful with one’s words, and knows how to keep a secret.

In this hazardous life, it is the father who is the leader of the family; if the one leading is headed towards
evil, then those following such leader are led into evil as well. (2)

The female person should not be looked upon as a mere object for amusement; but should be treated
with respect and be recognized as a partner in this hazardous life; in being with her, remember your
mother who gave birth to you in this life.
That which you do not want to be done to your wife, kids or siblings, do not do unto the wife, kids, or
siblings of others. (3)

Great and noble is he who, although born in the forest and with no knowledge except that of his own
native tongue, is possessed with good character, is true to his word and mindful of his dignity and honor;
a man who does not oppress nor help those who oppress; a man who loves and looks after the welfare
of his country..

May all take these teachings to heart, and may the dear sun of freedom shine brightly on our hapless
country; may its lovely light bring to our people, one in blood and brotherhood, happiness without end
to make up for the lives sacrificed, the labors undergone, the sufferings endured to obtain it.

———————————–

AlterNation Footnotes

(1) This principle recognizes the differences in intelligence, material prosperity, and beauty among
people. But it should be noted that these differences are somehow influenced by the economic system.

(2) This principle should be understood with reference to the prevailing cultural context at the time it
was written. Nowadays, both parents are seen as the joint leaders of the family. Also, being a leader of
the family does not necessarily mean infallibility in all decisions. A leader of the family is a mere guide to
what is right.

(3) This principle refers to evil deeds. In other words, do not do unto others what you do not want to be
done to your loved ones.

Kartilya ng Katipunan
The Kartilya ng Katipunan (English: Primer of the Katipunan) served as the guidebook for new members
of the organization, which laid out the group's rules and principles. The first edition of the Kartilya was
written by Andres Bonifacio, Emilio Jacinto will later pen a revised Decalogue.

The Teachings of the Katipunan Edit

The order for those who want to join the association shall have the full understanding and knowledge of
its guiding principles and main teachings so that they may perform their duties wholeheartedly. The
Association pursues the most worthy and momentous object of uniting the hearts and the mind of the
Tagalog by means of inviolable oath in order that the union to be strong enough to tear aside the thick
veil that obscure thoughts and find the true path of reason and enlightenment. The foremost rules is the
true love of native land and genuine compassion for others, for everyone shall be treated equal and true
brethren

As soon as anybody enters the association, he shall perforce renounce disorderly habits and shall submit
to the authority of the sacred commands of the Katipunan. All acts contrary to noble and clean living are
repugnant here, and hence the life of anyone who wants to affiliate with this Association will be
submitted to a searching investigation.

If the applicant merely wishes to know the secrets of the Association, or to seek personal gratification,
or to know who is here in order to sell them for a handful of silver, he cannot proceed, for the many
who are watching him will already know his intentions, and will immediately have recourse to an
effective remedy, such as befits traitors. Only actions are demanded and esteemed; hence anybody who
is not willing to act should not enter, no matter how good a speaker he might be.

The duties to be performed by the members of this association are exceedingly hard, especially if one
remembers that there can be no dereliction or wilful evasion of duty without the exaction of a terrible
punishment.

If an applicant merely desires financial support relief or wants to lead a life of bodily comfort and ease,
he had better not proceed, for he will encounter weighty tasks, like the protection of the oppressed and
the relentless fight against all that is evil. In this way, his fate will be a vexatious life. Nobody is unaware
of the misfortune that threatens the Filipinos who contemplate these things that are sacred and the
sufferings they are made to endure by the reign of cruelty, injustice and evil.
The punctual payment of dues is required: one peso upon entry and then twelve and a half centimos
each month. The custodian of the funds will periodically render an account to the members, and each
member has a right to examine the accounts, should he so wish. The funds cannot be expended without
the consent of the majority.

The aforementioned must be thought over and deliberated upon calmly, as it cannot be accomplished
or endured by anyone who has no love for his native land and no genuine desire to promote progress.
for the upliftment of mind and virtue the foreoing shall be peruse and practice vigorously:[1]

A life that is not dedicated to a noble and divine cause is like a tree without a shade, if not, a poisonous
weed.

A deed that is motivated by self-interest or self-pity and done without sincerity lacks nobility.

True piety is the act of being charitable, loving one's fellowmen, and being judicious in behavior, speech
and deed.

We are all equal, regardless of the color of their skin; While one could have more education, wealth or
beauty than the other, none of them can overpass one's identity.

A person with a noble character values honor above self-interest, while a person with a base character
values self-interest above honor.

To a man with a sense of shame, his word is inviolate.

Do not waste your time; lost wealth can be retrieved, but time lost is lost forever.

Defend the oppressed and fight the oppressor.

A wise man is someone who is careful in all that he says; learn to keep the things that need to be kept
secret.

In the thorny 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.

Never regard a woman as an object for you to trifle with; rather you should consider her as a partner
and a friend in times of need; Give proper considerations to a woman's frailty and never forget that your
own mother, who brought you forth and nurtured you from infancy, is herself such a person.

Do not do to the wife, children and brothers and sisters of others what you do not want others to do to
your wife, children and brothers and sisters.
A (person's) worth is not measured by his/her status in life, neither by the length of his nose nor the
fairness of skin, and certainly not by whether he is a priest claiming to be God's deputy. Even if he is a
tribesman/tribeswoman from the hills and speaks only his/her own tongue, a (person) is honorable if
he/she possesses a good character, is true to his/her word, has fine perceptions and is loyal to his/her
native land.

When these teachings shall have been propagated and the glorious sun of freedom begins to shine on
these poor islands to enlighten a united race and people, then all the loves lost, all the struggle and
sacrifices shall not have been in vain.

Decalogue of the Katipunan Edit

Originally titled Katungkulang Gagawin ng mga Z. Ll. B. (Duties of the Sons of the People) It was never
published because Bonifacio believed that Jacinto's Kartilya was superior to what he had made.

Love God with all your heart.

Bear always in mind that the love of God is also the love of country, and this, too, is love of one's
fellowmen.

Engrave in your heart that the true measure of honor and happiness is to die for the freedom of your
country.

All your good wishes will be crowned with success if you have serenity, constancy, reason and faith in all
your acts and endeavor.

Guard the mandates and aims of the K.K.K. as you guard your honor.

It is the duty of all to deliver, at the risk of their own lives and wealth, anyone who runs great risks in the
performance of his duty.

Our responsibility to ourselves and the performance of our duties will be the example set for our
fellowmen to follow.

Insofar as it is within your power, share your means with the poor and the unfortunate.

Diligence in the work that gives sustenance to you is the true basis of love—love for your self, for your
wife and children, for your brothers and countrymen.

Punish any scoundrel and traitor and praise all good work. Believe, likewise, that the aims of the K.K.K.
are God-given, for the will of the people is also the will of God.
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The Teachings of the Katipunan-(the Kartilla of the Katipunan)

I.A life not devoted to a worthy cause is like a tree without its leaves .

-we have our different purposes in life ,others are difficult others are simply easy . But the important
thing is that we should do them no matter what the reason is . Because if we don't , our life could be put
to nonsense .

II.A good deed that was not done sincerely is not considered a virtue

-It doesn't matter how many times you help others ,because if you did with an insincere heart it can't be
called a virtue.

III.Real virtue lies not only in Charity and love of neighbor,but also in the purity of one's thoughts,words
and actions.

-charity is what we do to help others,but if you do it for your own purpose , then it can't be called virtue
regardless of what you give to others.

IV.All men are equal,regardless of race,color,and culture.

-don't judge the book by it's cover ,not everything we're seeing is real .We are all equally disregarding
our physical capabilities .

V.A wise men values abstinence over indulgence

-only the truth will set you free

VI.A person with delicadeza knows how to keep his words

-delicadeza is a spanish trait that we inherited.It was a trait that has the definition of shame .So the
point of this teaching is that if you have shame,keep your promises because if you won't keep
them,you're shameless.

VII.Never waste time;opportunities that passed by may come again,but time wasted can never be
brought back.
-time is gold ,others says which is true.But I don't really believe that opportunities that passed by may
come again.Things may happen once like time so we should value every second that we spend our lives.

VIII.Defend the oppressed and fight the oppressor

-it was like defend your country and fight its conqueror

IX.An intelligent person exercises prudence in his words but when to keep a secret

-an intelligent person speaks diligently but he also knows when to keep his mouth shut.This means that
even a person who's so intelligent ,is honest

X.A man serves as a model to his wife and children;thus, the leader who is headed in the wrong
direction also leads his followers astray.

-this was like a bottle with a little water inside ,it follows where the gravity pulls the water , anywhere as
long as their leader is concerned.

XI.Don't look down on a woman as a source of pleasure but as a partner in one's joys and
sorrows;remember your mother who brought you up since you were a baby .

-women are meant to be loved not for pleasure .If you can't value one,then you don't deserve to
love.Value other women as you value your mom.

XII.What you do not want done unto your own wife,daughter and sister,do not do unto others
wife,daughter,and sister of others

-Don't do to others what you don't want to be done unto you.It's like a mirror,what you do to yourself
while looking in the mirror will reflect and will be shown in the mirror too.

XIII.A person's worth does not depend on being a king priest or having a high position in society,nor in
the shape of one's nose or color of one's skin.It is found in his goodness,honor,and pure intentions;in
those who do not abuse nor allow themselves to be abused;and in those who know concern and love for
one's country.

-Everyone was made by God equally ,so no matter what your position is,your personality is the only
thing that is highly appreciated by others especially by God.You can earn money but you can't pay God
to let you enter heaven,but your virtue and pure intentions will do more that it has bonus of taking you
to heaven if already also accepted Jesus.

The Kartilya ng Katipunan is unknown to many Filipinos especially the new generation. It is a challenge
for the present generation to promote and advocate and try our best to live out this guiding principles of
the revolution that brought forth who we are and where we are today. Very unfortunately, we forget,
tend to forget and the worst, we seem to deny that these exist. Help us God to reclaim the great
heritage bestowed to us by our forebears with their sweat and blood. Forgive us Gracious and Liberating
God.