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1. CHAPTER 1 LESSON 3

2. KARTILYA NG KATIPUNAN
• BEFORE THE REBELLION AGAINST THE DE FACTO (VS DE JURE)
GOVERNMENT BEGAN, A GROUP OF BRAVE AND SPIRITED MEN OF THE
COUNTRY ORGANIZED THEMSELVES AND ESTABLISHED NOT AS MERE
INSURGENT ASSOCIATION BUT TO FIGHT FOR THE FREEDOM AND
ESTABLISH A GOVERNMENT RUN BY THE FILIPINO THEMSELVES.
• TODAY, MARTIAL LAW CAN BE DECLARED IN CASES OF INVASION,
REBELLION AND WHEN PUBLIC SAFETY REQUIRES IT.
• THE KATAASTAASAN, KAGALANGGALANGAN NA KATIPUNAN NANG
MGA ANAK NG BAYAN OR KKK, WAS THE FIRST OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT
THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE KKK’S FIRST SUPREMO, ANDRES
BONIFACIO, WHO WAS A FREEMASON.
• THE KARTILYA LISTS THE FOURTEEN GUIDELINES THAT MEMBERS OF

3. KARTILYA NG KATIPUNAN
•IT WAS OFFICIALLY WRITTEN BY EMILIO JACINTO,
WHO WAS CONSIDERED THE BRAINS OF THE
KATIPUNAN.
•THE KARTILYA ITSELF IS A CRUCIAL DOCUMENT OF
THE SECRET SOCIETY AND PAVED THE WAY FOR
OTHER SUBSEQUENT SOCIETIES THAT WERE FORMED
DURING THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION.
•JACINTO, STUDIED AT COLEGIO DE SAN JUAN, AND
STUDIED LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SANTO
TOMAS, BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO FINISH THIS

4. RELEVANCE OF THE DOCUMENT
• 1) LIBERALISM, CLASSICISM AND MODERNISM:
• LIBERALISM – RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL (BILL OF RIGHTS), LIBERTY, CONSENT OF THE
GOVERNMENT (DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN STATE), POLITICAL EQUITY (TRANSPARENCY), RIGHT
TO PRIVATE PROPERTY AND EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW (DUE PROCESS).
• CLASSICISM – BELIEF IN ROMAN (CIVIL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES) AND GREEK LAWS.
• MODERNISM – WESTERN BELIEF THAT NEW TECHNOLOGY, ARTS (PHILOSOPHY, ETC.) AND SOCIAL
SCIENCES SHOULD BE INTEGRATED INTO SOCIETY.
• 2) THE FRENCH REVOLUTION IN THE 18TH CENTURY:
• PERIOD OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL UPHEAVAL AND RADICAL CHANGE IN THE HISTORY OF FRANCE
DURING WHICH THE GOVERNMENT WAS TRANSFORMED FROM ABSOLUTE MONARCHY WITH FEUDAL
PRIVILEGES FOR THE RICH AND CLERGY TO A MORE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT FORM BASED ON
THE PRINCIPLES OF CITIZENSHIP AND INALIENABLE RIGHTS.
• DUE TO POLITICAL TURMOIL IN THE MOTHERLAND OF SPAIN, ITS COLONIES, INCLUDING THE
PHILIPPINES, HAD GAINED MOMENTUM FOR THEIR OUTCRY IN INDEPENDENCE DUE IN PART TO
CRACKS IN POLITICAL LEADERSHIP.
• CUBA, A COLONY OF SPAIN, WAGED A REVOLUTION WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY, RIZAL WAS IN EXILE IN
DAPITAN.

5. RELEVANCE OF THE DOCUMENT
• 3) MASONRY – THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LOGIA REVOLUCION IN BARCELONA SPAIN, IS
WIDELY CONSIDERED AS THE BIRTHPLACE OF MODERN MASONRY IN THE PHILIPPINES.
LOCAL HEROES, INCLUDING THE LUNA BROTHERS, RIZAL AND BONIFACIO WERE
MEMBERS. THE DYNAMICS OF THE KATIPUNAN WERE HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY
FREEMASONRY, AS A CIVIC MOVEMENT. SPANISH FRIARS, BLAMED MASONRY FOR THE
UPRISING IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND MEMBERS WERE BRANDED AS ENEMIES OF GOD.
• MEMBERS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION, AND WERE BANNED FROM
ENTERING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND BE BURIED IN CATHOLIC CEMETERIES.
• 4) THE PROPAGANDA MOVEMENT – THE EXECUTION OF THE THREE FILIPINO PRIESTS,
THE GOMBURZA, (ACCUSED OF BEING LEADERS IN THE CAVITY MUTINY), SPARKED
THE CREATION OF SECRET SOCIETIES IN EUROPE, RIZAL WAS A MEMBER IN SOME, TO
FIGHT FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE PHILIPPINES, THROUGH PEACEFUL MEANS SUCH AS
WRITING, AND STAGE PLAYS. THIS INSPIRED ANDRES BONIFACIO TO CREATE THE
KKK, AS A MEANS TO GAIN THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE PHILIPPINES THROUGH AN
ARMED REVOLUTION.

6. RELEVANCE OF THE DOCUMENT
• 5) LA LIGA FILIPINA – WHEN RIZAL RETURNED TO THE
PHILIPPINES FROM EUROPE, HE FORMED THE LA LIGA FILIPINA
IN TONDO, MANILA. HOWEVER, ITS WORK WAS HALTED WHEN
RIZAL WAS ARRESTED AND EXILED IN DAPITAN (IT WAS
CONSIDERED THE PEAK OF RIZAL’S CAREER AND
ACHIEVEMENTS WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED IN YOUR RIZAL
CLASS). THE LA LIGA WAS SEPARATED INTO TWO GROUPS,
WHICH WERE CUERPO DE COMPROMISARIOS AND THE
KATIPUNAN. CUERPO, BELIEVED IN THE TRADITIONAL AND
PEACEFUL MEANS OF ACQUIRING OUR FREEDOM BASED ON
RIZAL’S WORKS AND IDEALS. THE KATIPUNAN BELIEVED THAT
REQUESTING CHANGE THROUGH THE LAW WAS POINTLESS

7. KATIPUNAN TEACHINGS
• 1. "A LIFE THAT IS NOT DEDICATED TO A NOBLE AND DIVINE CAUSE IS LIKE A
TREE WITHOUT A SHADE, BUT (EVEN) A POISONOUS WEED." (A LIFE THAT IS
NOT DEDICATED TO A NOBLE AND DIVINE CAUSE IS LIKE A TREE WITHOUT A
SHADE, IF NOT, A POISONOUS WEED.) (THERE ARE SOME BOOKS THAT SAY
"A LIFE NOT DEVOTED TO A GREAT PURPOSE IS A TREE WITHOUT SHADE.")
• 2. "A GOOD DEED THAT ARISES FROM BOASTING OR SELF-PITY (SEEKING
SELFISHNESS), AND DOES NOT REALLY INTEND TO DO GOOD, IS
UNKINDNESS." (A DEED THAT IS MOTIVATED BY SELF-INTEREST OR SELF-
PITY AND DONE WITHOUT SINCERITY LACKS NOBILITY.)
• 3. "TRUE PIETY IS CHARITY, CHARITY AND TO MEASURE EVERY ACTION,
DEED AND SENTENCE IN TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS." (TRUE PIETY IS THE ACT
OF BEING CHARITABLE, LOVING ONE'S FELLOWMEN, AND BEING JUDICIOUS
IN BEHAVIOR, SPEECH AND DEED.)

8. KATIPUNAN TEACHINGS
• 4. "WHETHER THE COLOR OF THE SKIN IS BLACK OR WHITE, ALL PEOPLE ARE
EQUAL; IT HAPPENS THAT ONE WILL BE SURPASSED IN WISDOM, IN WEALTH, IN
BEAUTY; BUT WILL NOT BE SURPASSED IN CHARACTER." (ALL [PEOPLE] ARE EQUAL,
REGARDLESS OF THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN; WHILE ONE COULD HAVE MORE
EDUCATION, WEALTH OR BEAUTY THAN THE OTHER, NONE OF THEM CAN
TRANSCEND ONE'S IDENTITY.)  ABRAHAM LINCOLN PHILOSOPHY
• 5. "HE WHO HAS A HIGH WILL, PRIORITIZES (HONOR OR) HONOR OVER SELF-PITY;
HE WHO HAS A HUMBLE WILL, PRIORITIZES SELF-PITY OVER HONOR." (A PERSON
WITH A NOBLE CHARACTER VALUES ​​HONOR ABOVE SELF-INTEREST, WHILE A
PERSON WITH A BASE CHARACTER VALUES ​​SELF-INTEREST ABOVE HONOR.)
• 6. "TO A SHY PERSON, WORDS ARE AN OATH." (TO A [PERSON] THAT RESPECTS,
HIS/HER WORD IS A PLEDGE.)

9. KATIPUNAN TEACHINGS
• 7. "DON'T WASTE TIME; LOST WEALTH WILL RETURN; BUT TIME THAT
HAS PASSED WILL NEVER PASS AGAIN." (DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME;
LOST WEALTH CAN BE RETRIEVED, BUT TIME LOST IS LOST FOREVER.)
• 8. "DEFEND THE OPPRESSED; FIGHT (FIGHT) THE
OPPRESSOR." (DEFEND THE OPPRESSED AND FIGHT THE
OPPRESSOR)
• 9. "THE WISE MAN IS THE ONE WHO IS CAREFUL ABOUT EVERYTHING
HE SAYS; LEARN TO KEEP SECRET WHAT SHOULD BE KEPT
SECRET." (A WISE MAN IS SOMEONE WHO IS CAREFUL IN ALL THAT HE
SAYS; LEARN TO KEEP THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE KEPT SECRET.)

10. KATIPUNAN TEACHINGS
• 10. 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.
• 11. 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 CHILDHOOD, IS HERSELF SUCH A PERSON.
• 12. DON'T DO TO THE WIFE, CHILDREN AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF OTHERS WHAT YOU DO NOT WANT
DONE TO YOUR WIFE, CHILDREN AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
• 13. "THE GREATNESS OF MAN IS NOT IN KINGSHIP, NOT IN THE TIP OF THE NOSE AND WHITE FACE, NOT IN
THE PRIESTHOOD OF GOD'S SUCCESSOR, NOT IN THE HIGH POSITION ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH: PURE
AND TRULY DEAR PEOPLE, NO MATTER HOW GREAT -FOREST AND KNOW NOTHING BUT THEIR OWN
LANGUAGE, THOSE WHO HAVE GOOD MANNERS, HAVE ONE SENTENCE, HAVE DIGNITY AND HONOR, THOSE
WHO DO NOT OPPRESS AND DO NOT OPPRESS; THOSE WHO KNOW HOW TO FEEL AND KNOW HOW TO
CARE FOR THE HOMETOWN.“
• 14. 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.