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Rizal's Report

This document summarizes several important writings by Jose Rizal during his time in Hong Kong and Europe in the late 1800s. It describes articles he wrote on Tagalog folklore, fables, and his assessment of the poor educational system in the Philippines. It also outlines his essay "The Indolence of the Filipinos" where he argues that the indolence seen in Filipinos was due to oppressive Spanish rule rather than an inherent racial trait.

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Rizal's Report

This document summarizes several important writings by Jose Rizal during his time in Hong Kong and Europe in the late 1800s. It describes articles he wrote on Tagalog folklore, fables, and his assessment of the poor educational system in the Philippines. It also outlines his essay "The Indolence of the Filipinos" where he argues that the indolence seen in Filipinos was due to oppressive Spanish rule rather than an inherent racial trait.

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“La Mano Roja” (The Red Hand)

This was a writing printed in sheet form.


Written in Hong Kong, the article denounced
the frequent outbreaks of fires in Manila.
“Constitution of The La Liga Filipina”

This was deemed the most important writing


Rizal had made during his Hong Kong stay. Though
it was Jose Ma. Basa who conceived the
establishment of Liga Filipina (Philippine League),
his friend and namesake Jose Rizal was the one
who wrote its constitution and founded it.
Articles for Trubner’s Record

Due to the request of Rizal’s friend Dr. Reinhold


Rost, the editor of Trubner’s Record (a journal
devoted to Asian Studies), Rizal submitted two
articles:

Specimens of Tagal Folklore


Two Eastern Fables(June 1889)
Specimens of Tagal Folklore

Published in May 1889, the article contained


Filipino proverbs and puzzles.
Two Eastern Fables (June 1889)

- a comparative study of the Japanese fable


“Saru Kani Kassen” (Battle of the Monkey
and the Crab) and Filipino fable, “The Tortoise
and the Monkey”
- tackled about morality
“Pensamientos De Un Filipino” (Reflections of A Filipino)

Jose Rizal wrote this in Madrid, Spain from


1883-1885. It spoke of a liberal minded and
anti-friar Filipino who bears penalties such as
an exile.
“Por Telefono”

- narrated in a funny way the telephone


conversation between Font and the provincial
friar of the San Agustin Convent in Manila. 
- pamphlet showed not only Rizal’s cleverness
but also his futuristic vision
“La Instruccion” (The Town Schools In The Philippines)

- Rizal assessed in this essay the elementary


educational system in the Philippines during his
time, which was poor and futile
- proposed reforms and suggested a more
significant and engaging system.
The Indolence of the Filipinos:
Summary and Analysis
The Indolence of the Filipinos: Summary
and Analysis

1. Galleon of Trade
2. Implementation of forced labor
3. Spain did not protect the people against
foreign invaders and pirates
4. Crooked system of education
The Indolence of the Filipinos: Summary and Analysis

5. Spanish rulers were a bad example to despise


manual labor
6. Gambling
7. Crooked system of religion
8. Taxes were extremely high
  “An hour’s work under that burning sun,
in the midst of pernicious influences
springing from nature in activity, is equal to
a day’s labor in a temperate climate.”
“One cannot blame a country
that was deprived of its
dignity and freedom.”

“When this fundamental aspect of


our race is denied, who can blame
us if we turn idle? ”

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