Daoism and Daoist Art – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/daoism-and-daoist-art
Over time, Daoism developed into an organized religion—largely in response to the institutional structure of Buddhism—with an ever-growing canon of texts and pantheon of gods, and a significant number of schools with often distinctly different ideas and approaches.
The Daoist sage Laozi is often shown riding on an ox or in an ox cart as he prepared
