朱汝珍考到縣試第一，入讀清遠縣學。1892年考入廣雅書院，取廣州府闈第一。27歲考取拔貢，任刑部江蘇司行走。光緒三十年（1904年）為慶祝慈禧太後七旬壽辰特設甲辰恩科，被拔為榜眼，授翰林院編修。
Zhu Ruzhen was admitted to the first place in the county examination and enrolled in Qingyuan County School. In 1892, he was admitted to Guangya Academy and ranked first in Guangzhou. At the age of 27, he was admitted to Bagong and served as a walking officer in the Jiangsu Division of the Criminal Department. In the thirtieth year of Guangxu (1904), in order to celebrate the seventieth birthday of the Empress Dowager Cixi, Jiachen Enke was specially established, which was promoted as the eye of the list and awarded the Hanlin Academy for editing.