Foreword. The remarkable, modern classicism of André Kneib / Jean Marie Simonet -- Introduction -- I. From Neufgrange, Alsace-Lorraine to China: A journey of cultural and artistic self-discovery -- II. The transcultural imagination: Contemporary calligraphy in the global cultural economy -- III. Flower is not a flower: The art of André Kneib -- Coda. A voice of one's own: "One hundred people, one heart" -- Afterword. On the heart by André Kneib / Chen Danqing -- Fast-forward to the present.