According to Bamboo Annals, his capital was moved from Mou(沬) to Yin (殷).
[2] In the second year of his reign, his vassal Jili(季歷) of Zhou attacked the Yanjing Rong (燕京戎), but they defeated him.
In his seventh year, Jili attacked the ShiHu Rong (始呼之戎) and was again victorious.
Several years later, Jili defeated the Xitu Rong (翳徒戎) and captured three of their generals.
Worried that Zhou was growing too powerful, Wen Ding sent Jili to a rural store house and had him starved to death there.