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Offered for your edification is [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". [http://www.patheos.com/Library/Taoism/ For more] [[wikipedia:Taoism|information]]...
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