7 July 1892

The Katipunan was established by Andres Bonifacio together with Teodoro Plata,
Valentin Diaz, Ladislao Diwa, and Deodato Arellano in a house in Azacarraga Street
(Claro M. Recto) in Tondo, Manila.
• They organized the secret society called Kataastasang Kagalang-galangan Katipunan ng mga
Anak ng Bayan (KKK) that espoused independence and freedom for the Philippines through
force.

KATIPUNAN MEMBERSHIP

• First grade was called Katipon with a password of “Anak ng Bayan”.

• Second grade was called Kawal with a password of “GomBurZa”.
• Third grade was called Bayani with a password of “Rizal”.

* As a symbol of the member’s loyalty, they performed the solemn rite of

sandugan (blood compact) wherein each one signed his name with his own blood.
* Members were also asked to contribute one real (about 25 centavos) each month
in order to raise funds for the association.
KATIPUNAN GOVERNMENT

3 Katipunan Bodies
• Kataastaasang Sanggunian
• Sangguniang Bayan
• Sangguniang Balangay

Judicial Council – Sangguniang Hukuman

Katipunan Assembly – composed of the Supreme Council and the Presidents of the Provincial Council.
Secret Chamber – composed of Bonifacio, Emilio Jacinto and Pio Valenzuela
KKK OBJECTIVES
• Political Goal – to completely separate the Philippines from Spain after declaring the
country’s independence.

• Moral Goal – to teach Filipinos good manners, cleanliness, hygiene, fine morals, and
how to guard themselves against religious fanaticism.

• Civic Goal – to encourage Filipinos to help themselves and to defend the poor
oppressed.
 Emilio Jacinto was born in 1875 on the 15th of December.
 Son of Mariano Jacinto and Josefa Dizon
 Elementary education in Private school while Secondary education Colegio de San
Juan de Letran
 Emilio attended the San Juan de Latran College when he first embarked on his
college career. However, he later attended the University of San Tomas in order to
study law.
 After dropping out of college at the age of 20, Emilio joined the Katipunan, a secret
revolutionary society.
 This was a group whose objective was to gain Philippine independence from Spain
in 1892.
 Jacinto became the secretary, directly reporting to the leader of the Katipunan. He
also became the chief advisor on fiscal matters concerning this secret society.
 He wrote the society’s newspaper, the Kalayaan.
 Emilio was given a new name when he was part of this group. To the Katipunan, he
was often referred to as Utak ng Katipunan.
 He was known as Dimas-ilaw when writing for the newspaper and he was more
commonly referred to in the group as Pingkian.
 Jacinto was also placed in charge of writing the guidebook for new members and
current members of the Katipunan, which was called Kartilya ng Katipunan.
 When the leader of the Katipunan passed away, Emilio continued to carry out the
wishes of Bonifacio.
 Emilio Jacinto died on April 16, 1899 at the age of 24.
 Jim Richardson said that “the Kartilya is the best known of all
Katipunan texts” and also it is “the only document of any length
set in print by the Katipunan prior to August 1896 that is known
to be still extant”
 Kartilya was printed as a small pamphlet.
 Spanish cartilla was the primer used for grade schools during the
Spanish period. This served as the guidebook for new members of
the organization, which laid out the group’s rules and principles.
 The first edition of Kartilya was written by Andres Bonifacio, Emilio
Jacinto will later pen a revised Decalogue.
 Kartilya presents not only the teachings for the neophyte Katipunero
but also the guiding principles of the society.
 These teachings are expected from the members even after the
attainment of freedom from the colonizers.
 The Kartilya ends with a document of affirmation by the member of
the society’s teachings.
 It is not only a document but its importance today is predicted on the
teachings that embodied the moral and nationalistic principles of a
nation that fought for independence.
 QUALIFICATIONS
 Full understanding and knowledge of the guiding principles and teachings
 Foremost rule: True love of the native land and genuine compassion for one
another
 EQUALITY
 Shall perforce renounce disorderly habits
 Submit to the authority of the sacred commands of Katipunan
 Befits traitors
 Actions are demanded
 Duties performed are exceedingly hard
 “A life that is not dedicated to a great and sacred cause is like a tree without a
shade, or a poisonous weed.
 “A good deed lacks virtue if it springs from a desire for personal profit and not
from a sincere desire to do good.”
 “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.”
 “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.”
 A person with a noble character values honor above self-interest, while a person
with an ignoble character values self-interest above honor.”
 “An honorable man’s word in his bond.”

 “Don’t waste time; lost wealth may be recovered, but time lost is lost forever.”

 “Defend the oppressed and fight the oppressor.”

 “An intelligent man is he who takes care in everything he says and keeps quiet

about what must be kept secret.”

 “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.”

 “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 weaknesses, and remember the
mother who brought you into this world and nurtured you in your infancy.”
 “ What you would not want done to your wife, daughter and sister, do not do to the
wife, daughter and sister of another.”
 “ 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. 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, has dignity and honor, who is not an oppressor and does not abet
oppressors, who knows how to cherish and look after the land of his birth.”
 “When these doctrines have spread and the brilliant sun of beloved liberty shines
on these poor islands, and sheds its sweet light upon a united race, a people in
everlasting happiness, then the lives lost, the struggle and the suffering will have
been more than recompensed.”
 http://biography.yourdictionary.com/articles/emilio-jacinto-biography.html
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb_AwPkjx9w&t=191s
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q_OH0lnNV8
 http://elearning.nhcp.gov.ph/pinaglabanan-shrine/