This paper analyzes the educational thought of the story of “Liezi seeking the Tao” in the Taoist classic “Liezi”, and points out that it reflects the Taoist educational ideal model of “teaching without words” and the secondary model of “taking advantage of opportunities and responding to things in an unfixed way”. At the same time, examining this story from the perspective of the Meng hexagram in “I Ching”, it reveals that its educational thought is in line with the Meng hexagram, which is specifically manifested in the “timely moderation” principle of teaching methods and the thoughts of “encompassing ignorance” and “enlightening ignorance”; the qualities of “sincerity”, “reverence”, “perseverance” and so on in students’ learning; and the “corresponding aspiration” in the teacher-student relationship. This educational thought can provide inspiration and help for current educational practice activities.