Is Taoism a Philosophy or Religion ? or both?

Is Taoism a Philosophy or Religion ? or both?

philosophy.

More of Philosophy, but I'm sure will become more into a religion -- Blessings !

Taoism , refers both to a Chinese system of thought and to one of the four major religions of China (with Confucianism, Buddhism, and Chinese popular religion).

Philosophical Taoism

The philosophical system stems largely from the Tao-Te-ching, a text traditionally ascribed to Lao Tzu but probably written in the mid-3d cent. BC The Tao, in the broadest sense, is the way the universe functions, the path [Chin. Tao =path] taken by natural events. It is characterized by spontaneous creativity and by regular alternations of phenomena (such as day following night) that proceed without effort. Effortless action may be illustrated by the conduct of water, which unresistingly accepts the lowest level and yet wears away the hardest substance. Human beings, following the Tao, must abjure all striving. The ideal state of being, fully attainable only by mystical contemplation

A Religion is a belief or worship in a Deity or God. I don't know if Taoism is, but I think it is a philosophy.

Most religions are both a philosophy and a mythological setting for explaining that philosophy. Taoism uses spirits and ancestor worship as well as metaphysical explanations of philosophical concepts. It is very definitely both.

There is religious Taoism and philosophical Toaism.

Both.

Both. In the same sense that Buddhism is.

A bit of both.

True Taoism is philosophy.

I would suggest both and like Buddhism it is difficult to fit in with the western understanding of Religion

It's both. Religions are mostly spawned from philosophies.