What does this sentence mean: one life is broken and three lives are poor?

"One life is broken and three lives are poor" comes from Liu Jiapu in Ming Dynasty.

The full text is: "When a husband gets married, the relationship between the two is the most important ... As the saying goes,' one life is broken, three lives are poor'. Guy's sabotage is the most vicious trip, and he deserves this evil punishment. "

Destroying other people's marriage will lead to bad karma for future generations. Emphasize that you can't do anything to ruin someone's marriage. Don't mind other people's business, one life is broken and three lives are poor. There is a profound truth in this, even if parents interfere too much in their children's marriage, there will be consequences, not to mention your own happiness and participation in divorced people's marriage. Some elders dictate the marriage of their younger generation, which seems to be love, but in fact it is harmful.

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There is a similar folk proverb that "it is better to get married than to tear down ten temples." For example, tearing down a temple is extremely sinful, not to mention there are ten temples. This shows the seriousness of the crime of breaking marriage. Especially in the face of hesitant women, we should not be careless in our words. Perhaps your careless words may separate couples or unmarried couples, which will inevitably cause harm to children, parents and themselves. Once this cause and effect is carried, a heavy industrial debt will be borne from now on.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-I'm married and I'm poor.