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{{quote|''The way that can be followed is not the true Way,
''the name that can be spoken is not the true Name.''
|'''Tao Te Ching'''}}
Nothing can be said about the Tao. It's ineffable. So we can all go home, right?
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Beyond all this, Taoism, like all Chinese religions, got liberally mixed up with [[Buddhism]] once it arrived in China in the sixth century CE. Most significantly, a Taoist philosopher of the Warring States period, [[Zhuangzi]], was famous for telling parables and inventing [[Koan|koans]]. A few centuries later, Zhuangzi's style got mixed up with Mahayana Buddhist theology to create the school of ''Chán'', known to the West by its Japanese name: Zen.
Offered for your edification is [https://web.archive.org/web/20120103103636/http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/texts/taote-v3.html one of many translations] of the ''Tao Te Ching''. Other important texts include the Zhuangzi, which is best known in the west for the story about being a man-dreaming butterfly, or a butterfly-dreaming man.
Of the traditional Chinese religions, Taoism has substantially higher appeal in the West than [[Confucianism]], if only because the latter is so concerned with politeness and filial piety, whereas Taoism actually has things to say about spiritual matters. Possibly the most notable non-Chinese Taoist is [[Ursula K. Le Guin]], who inserts Taoist themes into her works and has written a commentary about the Tao Te Ching.
Oh, and it's pronounced "Dow".<ref>Which makes one wonder whether [[The Simpsons (animation)|Homer Simpson]] is a Taoist.</ref> [http://www.patheos.com/Library/Taoism/ For more] [[wikipedia:Taoism|information]]...
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* ''[[A Chinese Ghost Story]]'': One of the main characters is a reclusive Taoist wizard, who at one point has a musical number ''rapping'' about Taoism.▼
== [[Film]] ==
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* ''Woochi'': A Korean movie about a Taoist wizard. It's a bit of a stretch as far as religious accuracy goes though, in all probability.▼
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Moment in Peking]]'': The heroine's father is a follower of Taoism, and at one point leaves home to become a hermit.
* ''The Tao of Pooh'': Author Benjamin Hoff attempts to explain tenets of Taoism by comparison with A.A.Milne's ''Winnie the Pooh'' characters.▼
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Oracle of Tao]]'': Strangely subverted. There is a Taoist temple, and many Taoist teachings. The subversion is that although this includes Taoism, it also includes Christianity, and a syncretic religion called Aiken. And some ''very strange'' cults, like the Church of the Holy Maple Tree.
* ''[[Shin Megami Tensei I]]'':Tai Shang Lao Jun is the key representative of the Neutral path
▲* ''Woochi'': A Korean movie about a Taoist wizard. It's a bit of a stretch as far as religious accuracy goes though, in all probability.
▲* ''The Tao of Pooh'': Author Benjamin Hoff attempts to explain tenets of Taoism by comparison with A.A.Milne's ''Winnie the Pooh'' characters.
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