The Kartilya ng Katipunan was the code of conduct written by Emilio Jacinto when he was 18 years old. It outlined 14 rules that guided members' behavior and upheld values like sacrifice for one's country, charity, equality, and justice. The Kartilya was meant to establish a moral framework for Katipunan members as they worked toward liberating the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule.

1. THE KARTILYA OF KATIPUNAN

2. WHAT IS KKK OR KARTILYA?

3. THE KATAASTAASAN, KAGALANGGALANGANG KATIPUNAN NG
MGA ANAK NG BAYAN (KKK) IS ARGUABLY THE MOST
IMPORTANT ORGANIZATION FORMED IN THE PHILIPPINE
HISTORY.
A SECRET MOVEMENT ORGANIZED BY ANDRES BONIFACIO AND
TEACHING OF KATIPUNAN ARE CONTAINED IN KARTILYA.
KARTILYA IS FROM THE SPANISH WORD “ CARTILYA” WHICH
MEANS A PRIMER FOR SCHOOL STUDENTS DURING SPANISH
PERIOD.
WHAT IS KKK OR KARTILYA?

4. WHAT IS KKK OR KARTILYA?
IT COMPOSED OF “THIRTEEN” TEACHINGS WHICH
MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY SHOULD FOLLOW.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE KATIPUNAN'S FOUNDING
DOCUMENT, THE KARTILYA, TODAY IS BASED NOT ONLY
ON THE MORAL AND NATIONALISTIC VALUES IT EMBODIED
BUT ALSO ON ITS RELEVANCE IN PRESERVING FILIPINO
CULTURE AND HISTORY IN THE FACE OF THE THREAT
POSED BY FOREIGN INFLUENCES AS A RESULT OF
MODERN GLOBALIZATION.

5. IT WAS ONLY KATIPUNAN THAT
IT WAS ONLY KATIPUNAN THAT
IT WAS ONLY KATIPUNAN THAT
ENVISIONED;
ENVISIONED;
ENVISIONED;
a united Filipino nation that would revolt against the
Spaniards for
the total independence of the country from Spain.

6. Diego Silang was known as an Ilocano who took up his arms and
led one of the longest running revolts in the country, Silang
however, was mainly concerned about his locality and referred to
himself as El Rey de Ilocos
The propaganda movements led by the ilustrados like Marcelo H.
Del Pilar, Graciano Lopez Jaena, and Jose Rizal did not envision a
total separation of the Philippines from Spain, but only demanded
equal rights representation and protection from the abuses of the
friars.
Previous armed revolts had already occurred before the
foundation of the Katipunan,
(The King of Ilocos)

7. In the conduct of their struggle,
Katipunan created a complex
structure and a defined value
system that would guide the
organization as a collective
aspiring for a single goal

8. Who is the Author of
Who is the Author of
Kartilya ng Katipunan?
Kartilya ng Katipunan?

9. One of the most important Kartilya documents was the Kartilya ng
Katipunan.
The original title of the document was
“ Manga Aral Nang Katipunan ng mga
A. N. B” or “Lesson of the
Organization of the Sons of Country”
The document was written by Emilio
Jacinto in the 1896.
Jacinto was only 18 years old when he
joined the movement.
He was a law student at the
Universidad de Santo Tomas.

10. Jacinto became the secretary of the
organization and took charge of the
short-lived printing press of the
Katipunan.
On April 15 1897, Bonifacio appointed
Jacinto as a commander of the
Katipunan in Northern Luzon, Jacinto
was 22 years old.
He died of Malaria at a young age of 24
in the town of Magdalena Laguna.

11. He was Katipunan publication named “Kalayaan” ( freedom)
Liwanag at Dilim (Light and Darkness)
Pahayag ( Manifesto)
Sa mga Kababayan ( to my Countrymen)
Emilio Jacinto “ The Brain of the Katipunan”

12. The first group contains the rules that will make the member an
upright individual, and
The second group contains the rules that will guide the way he
treats his fellow men.
The Kartilya can be treated as the Katipunan’s code of conduct. It
contains fourteen rules that instruct the way a Katipunero should
behave, and which specific values should he uphold. Jacinto prepared
one which he called Kartilya, a word adopted from the Spanish “cartilla”
which at the meant a primer for gradeschool students. Generally, the
rules stated in the Kartilya can be classified into two:
1.
2.

13. The Decalogue of the Katipunan existed prior to the Kartilya.
Katungkulang Gagawin ng mga Z. LI. B. was the Original Title (
Duties of the Son’s of the People).
Because Bonifacio thought Jacinto’s Kartilya was superior to what
he had created, it was never published.

14. 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 fellow-men.
Engrave in your heart that the true measure if 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 your acts and endeavor.
Guards the mandates and aims of the K.K.K. as you guard your
honor.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Decalogue of the Katipunan

15. 6. 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.
7. Out responsibility to ourselves and the performance of our duties will
be the example set for our fellow-men to follow.
8. Insofar as it is within your power, share your means with the poor and
the unfortunate.
9. Diligence in the work that gives sustenance to you is the true basis of
love -- love for your self, for your wife and children, and for your brothers
and countrymen.
10. 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.
Decalogue of the Katipunan

16. The KatipunanCode of Conduct
The life that is not consecrated to a lofty and reasonable purpose is
not a poisonous weed.
To do good for personal gain and not for its ow
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 reasinable.
Whether our skin be black or white, we are all born equal:
superiority by nature.
The honorable man prefers honor to personal gain; the scoundrel,
gain to honor.
1.
2.
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4.
5.
n sake is not virtue.
a tree without a shade, if

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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.

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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.

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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.