M. Lucio y Bustamante
Biography
Very little about this writer is recorded in the sources available to this page. The Wikipedia article on his book calls him a Spanish friar and gives his name as Miguel Lucio Bustamante, while books on this site credit him as M. Lucio y Bustamante. Dates of birth and death are not known here, so the life dates are left blank, and readers should check the details before relying on them.
His book is Si Tandang Basio Macunat, written in Tagalog and published in the Spanish Philippines. The Wikipedia article spells the title “Bacio”, while the copy on this site uses “Basio”. The work is known for arguing that education is not good for the Indios, the Filipino population under Spanish rule, and for criticising the Ilustrados, the educated Filipino elite who pursued schooling and reform.
Written by a Spanish friar, the book matters as a record of how the colonial debate over schooling for Filipinos was argued from one side, and it is most useful when read with that in mind.
This biography was written by a language model. The sources below are where to check it; treat details with care.
Books
Si Tandang Basio Macunat
by M. Lucio y Bustamante
An old farmer of Tanay, Tandang Basio, tells a visitor why he will not hear that his children should go to study in Manila, and reads out the story his dead father Antonio wrote down. It follows a decent family ruined by the wish to raise a son above his station, in letters…
Summary written by Claude Sonnet 5.5.