 Chung @-@ ying Cheng , a Chinese philosopher , views Taoism as a religion that has been embedded into Chinese history and tradition . " Whether Confucianism , Daoism , or later Chinese Buddhism , they all fall into this pattern of thinking and organizing and in this sense remain religious , even though individually and intellectually they also assume forms of philosophy and practical wisdom . " Chung @-@ ying Cheng also noted that the Daoist view of heaven flows mainly from " observation and meditation , [ though ] the teaching of the way ( dao ) can also include the way of heaven independently of human nature " . In Chinese history , the three religions of Buddhism , Daoism and Confucianism stand on their own independent views , and yet are " involved in a process of attempting to find harmonization and convergence among themselves , so that we can speak of a ' unity of three religious teaching ' ( sanjiao heyi ) " . 
