Academic question: does anybody have any examples of how Taoism influenced Chan Buddhism?

I've been making a presentation on the development of Buddhism into Zen Buddhism from its early origins in India and was wondering how Taoism lent a hand in forging Zen.

In short, Buddhism very easily assimilated to or blended with all other local practices wherever it spread to, lending a unique flavour to each kind of Buddhism that arose. Buddhism was already not unitary in its practice before it spread outside of India, but once it spread into and throughout the Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek kingdoms, influence from Hellenism and Zoroastrianism as well as Brahmanism led to the development of Mahayana Buddhism. The Mahayana school spread into China where it mingled with existing Taoist ideology, eventually giving rise to the Chan school of Buddhism, which spread into Korea, Japan and Vietnam to form Seon, Zen and Thien.

However, I haven't been able to find any sources that really explain how Taoism influenced Zen. Just that it happened to play a role in its development. Would anybody be able to (pun coming) enlighten me on this topic? I'd be very grateful!

Submitted December 23, 2018 at 05:26PM by RickleTickle69 http://bit.ly/2V60er9