“Kartilya ng Katipunan” is the famous work of Emilio Jacinto who set out the laws and standards of the

Katipunan and filled in as a guide for its members.

Andres Bonifacio likewise has a comparative article entitled “Katungkulang Gagawin ng mga Z.LI.B."
however he concluded that what Jacinto composed ought to be appended to the sworn record of the
future member of the

Katipunan. The first title of "Kartilya ng Katpunan" is "Mga Aral ng Katipunan Ng Mga Anak ng Bayan"
and was respected at that point and now in view of the figurative but exact formulation of the rules of
life that a Katipunero must follow. Its first sentence: "Ang kabuhayang hindi ginugol sa isang malaki at
banal na kadahilanan ay kahoy na walang lilim kundi man damong makamandag" is by all accounts a
statement of faith in terms of service to the people and to fellow human beings. The "Kartilya ng
Katipunan" will note the moral and ethical rules that the Katipunan wants to apply as a true Filipino
brotherhood. It emphasizes love of neighbor and cooperation, to justify the truth, and the preservation
of human dignity and honor. However, it also has basic democratic principles, such as human equality
regardless of skin color, standard of living, and education. It also preaches the high regard for women
and the heavy responsibility of men to take care of their wives and children. In the end, it emphasized
the love of freedom and the readiness of the member to dedicate himself for the people. According to
Jacinto, "kamahalan ng tao" is weighed in accordance with

"behaves decently, is true to his word, with dignity and honor" and who is not an oppressor and does
not aber oppresors, who knows how to cherish and look after the land of his birth.