“Taoist teacher” is a concept put forward and used by Western scholars in the last 30 years, through which Taoist thought is reflected in teachers’ image and behavior. In the existing studies, the “Taoist teacher” manifests the following characteristics. He holds on to a teacher’s authentic identity and personality with “silence.” He embraces all students with “acceptance.” He carries out teaching in its natural flow with “inaction.” Further domestic research and the modern transformation of the “Taoist teacher” should be premised on methodological reflection. Attention should be paid to exploring the theoretical prototype of the “Taoist teacher” from the pre-Qin Taoist classics, constructing its conceptual connotation in the modern education field through theoretical comparisons, and exploring its feasibility through empirical research, which should help this concept to exert greater theoretical and practical influence on Chinese modern education.