This paper aims to show that Confucius can be regarded as a virtue argumentation pioneer in ancient China. It demonstrates that Confucius has very similar views to VAT regarding the close connection between a speaker’s virtue and her words, his notion of Junzi is akin to ideal arguer, and his teaching practice reveals a special attention to the audience’s characters. Moreover, a Confucian argumentative virtue list is constructed and compared with Aberdein’s argumentative virtue list.