Chapter 2 - 3. The KKK and Kartilya ng Katipunan_copy.pdf

The KKK and the Kartilya ng Katipunan  Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (KKK) The KKK or Katipunan is arguably the most important organization formed in the Philippine history.  It was only this organization that envisioned (1) a united Filipino n...

The KKK and the Kartilya ng Katipunan  Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (KKK) The KKK or Katipunan is arguably the most important organization formed in the Philippine history.  It was only this organization that envisioned (1) a united Filipino nation that would revolt against Spaniards for (2) the total independence of the country from Spain. The Spaniards colonized and ruled the Philippines for 333 years.  Previous well-known Revolutionary Leaders (before the creation of Katipunan)  “El REy DE Ilocos” (The King of Ilocos) Diego Silang y Andaya was a rebel leader who conspired with British forces to overthrow the Spanish in the northern Philippines and establish an independent Ilocano nation.  Gabriela Silang March 19 ,1731 – September 20, 1763 María Josefa Gabriela Cariño de Silang was a Filipino military leader best known for her role as the female leader of the Ilocano independence movement from Spain. She rose to become the very first female leader of the Philippine revolution. Over 300 armed revolts led by Filipinos rose against the Spanish regime and Gabriela Silang led one of those armies after her husband, resistance leader Diego Silang, was assassinated. KKK main objective during Spanish Colonization: 1. Katipunan wanted unity among all Filipinos. 2. Katipunan aspires for Total Independence from Spain.  The well-known Illustrados: Jose P. Rizal Marcelo H. del Pilar Heneral Antonio Luna Graciano Lopez Jaena  Equal Rights These Illustrados that mentioned did not they only want: Equal Opportunity envision a total separation of Philippines Protection from the from Spain. abuses of friars What are the ideologies that the Katipunan taught? Who is the author of Kartilya ng Katipunan? “Utak ng Himagsikan” Emilio Jacinto 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.  Kartilya ng Katipunan - Set as a Code of Conduct. -written by Emilio Jacinto that composed of 14 rules. The essence of Kartilya ng Katipunan classified into two: Was the Kartilya is the law of Katipunan? -It will make the member an upright individual. - It contains the rules that will guide the way he treats his fellow men. The Kartilya contains thirteen lessons that details not only the vision of the Katipunan, but the vision for an equalitarian and morally sound Filipino nation. 1. The life that is not consecrated to a lofty and reasonable purpose is a tree without a shade, if not a poisonous weed. 2. To do good for personal gain and not for its own sake is not virtue. 3. It is rational to be charitable and love one’s fellow creature, and to adjust one’s conduct, acts and words to what is in itself reasonable. 4. Whether our skin be black or white, we are all born equal: superiority in knowledge, wealth and beauty are to be understood, but not superiority by nature.  5. The honorable man prefers honor to personal gain; the scoundrel, gain to honor. 6. To the honorable man, his word is sacred. 7. Do not waste thy time: wealth can be recovered but not time lost. 8. Defend the oppressed and fight the oppressor before the law or in the field. 9. The prudent man is sparing in words and faithful in keeping secrets. 10. On the thorny path of life, man is the guide of woman and the children, and if the guide leads to the precipice, those whom he guides will also go there.  11. Thou must not look upon woman as a mere plaything, but as a faithful companion who will share with thee the penalties of life; her (physical) weakness will increase thy interest in her and she will remind thee of the mother who bore thee and reared thee. 12. What thou dost not desire done unto thy wife, children, brothers and sisters, that do not unto the wife, children, brothers and sisters of thy neighbor. 13. Man is not worth more because he is a king, because his nose is aquiline, and his color white, not because he is a *priest, a servant of God, nor because of the high prerogative that he enjoys upon earth, but he is worth most who is a man of proven and real value, who does good, keeps his words, is worthy and honest; he who does not oppress nor consent to being oppressed, he who loves and cherishes his fatherland, though he be born in the wilderness and know no tongue but his own. 14. When these rules of conduct shall be known to all, the longed-for sun of Liberty shall rise brilliant over this most unhappy portion of the globe and its rays shall diffuse everlasting joy among the confederated brethren of the same rays, the lives of those who have gone before, the fatigues and the well-paid sufferings will remain. If he who desires to enter (the Katipunan) has informed himself of all this and believes he will be able to perform what will be his duties, he may fill out the application for admission.