 " Taoist philosophy " ( Chinese : <unk> ; pinyin : <unk> ; lit . " school or family of the Tao " ) or " <unk> " ( Chinese : <unk> ; pinyin : <unk> ; 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 : <unk> ; pinyin : <unk> ) and the Zhuangzi ( Chinese : 莊子 ; pinyin : <unk> ) . 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 . 
