Alan Watts has a GREAT lecture on Taoism. It is on audio. I'll try and post it somewhere on this site if I get around to it. One thing he mentions about Taoism is how it's like a shortcut through all of the spiritual philosophies. No major conundrums, puzzles, koans... nothing of that nature...

http://www.scribd.com/doc/2072679/Foundations-of-Taoist-Practice "In a nutshell, Taoism is the consolidation of a number of concepts and practices that make up the "Path", or "Way", of living. The consolidation of ideas and concepts include basic principles or "theories"...