When did the zodiac and the zodiac originate respectively? Which is more accurate? It should vary from person to person.

A long time ago, the Jade Emperor decided to choose 12 animals as the representatives of the zodiac. He chose an island in the lake as the end of the competition, and told all the animals that as long as they can reach the end in the first 12, they can be admitted. All the animals took part in the competition, but the cat and mouse arrived at the lake first. They look at the islands in the lake, but they can't swim. At this time, a buffalo followed. The mouse and cat begged the buffalo to give them a ride. The buffalo agreed and let them ride across the river. When they were halfway through the swim, the mouse suddenly had evil thoughts, so when the cat was not looking, he secretly pushed it into the water, urging (cu:) and (C:) the buffaloes to go ashore quickly. The mouse finally won the championship of the Zodiac competition, followed by cattle, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs. Although the drowning cat struggled to swim ashore, it lost its honor because of its ranking 13.