 " Taoist philosophy " ( Chinese : 道家 ; pinyin : dàojiā ; lit . " school or family of the Tao " ) or " Taology " ( Chinese : 道學 ; pinyin : dàoxué ; lit . " learning of the Tao " ) , or the " mystical " aspect — The philosophical doctrines based on the texts of the I Ching , the Tao Te Ching ( or Daodejing , Chinese : 道德經 ; pinyin : dàodéjīng ) and the Zhuangzi ( Chinese : 莊子 ; pinyin : zhuāngzi ) . These texts were linked together as " Taoist philosophy " during the early Han Dynasty , but notably not before . It is unlikely that Zhuangzi was familiar with the text of the Daodejing , and Zhuangzi would not have identified himself as a Taoist as this classification did not arise until well after his death . 
