What does "lick its feathers" mean?

The sound of birds spreading their wings; This means that birds follow each other closely.

Source: Juan Yi, anonymous before Qin Dynasty

Excerpt:

Feng Huang Yu Fei, his feathers are reflected and reflected. The benevolent king, Docci, is the messenger of the gentleman. He is very attractive to the son of heaven.

Feng Huang Yu Fei, with his feathers, is also rich in heaven. The kind king is a lucky man. He lives a gentleman's life and is attracted by Shu Ren.

Translation:

Every day in the blue sky, the phoenix flies, the birds spread their wings and follow closely, and the phoenix and the birds stop in the tree together. Zhou Wang is surrounded by talents and wise men. You can drive him to give wisdom, but you can't disobey him because you love the son of heaven.

Every day in the blue sky, the phoenix flies, the birds follow closely, and go straight to the clear sky to meet Zhao Hui. Zhou Wang is surrounded by talents and wise men. I will try my best to obey your orders and care for the people.

Extended data value-added:

In the poem, the phoenix is compared to the king of Zhou, and the bird is compared to a virtuous minister. The poet flies with the phoenix, followed by the birds, which is a metaphor for the support of the virtuous minister for Zhou Wang, that is, the so-called "obsession with the son of heaven". The so-called infatuation with Shu Ren is just a foil. ) Then, the phoenix trees in Gorkon are lush, and the Ming phoenix in Chaoyang is melodious, rendering a harmonious atmosphere of harmony between monarch and minister.