131. [132.] I was once in a serene sleep, and when I awoke, I saw around me several Chinese people, who I realized were sitting with their legs crossed. They were speaking among themselves, and I discovered that they were sent to me by the Lord in order that I might know what many of them are like. Some angels said that the pleasantness of my sleep had flowed from the fact that angels had been speaking with these Chinese persons about God and the wonders of His wisdom, and that the Chinese were so delighted at this that they experienced the tranquillity of a heavenly state of peace. Moreover, evil spirits could not approach, they said, because the Chinese were of a spiritual-celestial character.